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Massacre at Simola Croft
- When
- 10 May 1899
- Where
- Simola croft
Karl Emil Malmelin killed a seven-member household with an axe at the Simola croft in Klaukkala on May 10, 1899.
Malmelin, the croft's farmworker, killed the entire seven-member household with an axe. The incident was so terrible that it resulted in one of the most notable manhunts in Finnish history, folk tales, and at least two well-known and surviving broadside ballads.
Sources
- Klaukkala Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-08
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