Amok syndrome
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Running amok, sometimes referred to as simply amok (also spelled amuck or amuk), is derived from the Malay word mengamuk, meaning "to go mad with rage" (uncontrollable rage). In typical cases of running amok, someone, although having shown no previous sign of anger and/or any inclination to resort to violence, will acquire a weapon and in a sudden frenzy will attempt to kill or seriously injure everyone they meet. Amok episodes of this kind normally end with the amok-runner being killed by bystanders.
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See also
- Amok Books
- Berserker
- Grisi siknis
- Going postal
- Suicide by cop
- Juramentado
- List of rampage killers
- Osama bin Laden (elephant)
- Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures
- Spree killer
- Tantrum
- Amok Time
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