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Parricide or parenticide – the killing of one's mother, father, or other close relative. Patricide – the act of killing of one's father. (Latin: pater "father"). Senicide – the killing of one's elderly family members. (Latin: senex "old man"). Siblicide – the killing of an infant individual by their close relatives (full or half siblings).
Fratricide – the killing of one's brother; Infanticide – the killing of one's child (or children) up to 12 months of age; Mariticide – the killing of a husband or significant other; current common law term for either spouse of either sex/gender; Matricide – the killing of one's mother; Patricide – the killing of one's father
[3] [4] The word originated in the 17th century and has its roots in the Greek words μῖσος mīsos 'hatred' and ἄνθρωπος ānthropos 'man, human'. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In contemporary philosophy, the term is usually understood in a wider sense as a negative evaluation of humanity as a whole based on humanity's vices and flaws.
It is an umbrella term that can be used to refer to acts of matricide, the deliberate killing of one's own mother [2] and patricide, the deliberate killing of one's own father. [3] The term parricide is also used to refer to many familicides (i.e., family annihilations wherein at least one parent is murdered along with other family members).
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One middle age man suspect was arrested in 2015 and his DNA matched with six murders. Nine other cases remain unsolved. [96] [97] Asande Baninzi South Africa: 2001 18 18 Killed 18 people in three months, including a family of four; given 19 life sentences and 189 years of imprisonment. [98] Vladimir Mirgorod Russia: 2002–2004 18 18