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Mzilikazi [1] Moselekatse, Khumalo (c. 1790 – 9 September 1868) was a Southern African king who founded the Ndebele Kingdom now called Matebeleland which is now part of Zimbabwe. His name means "the great river of blood". [ 2 ]
Familicide – is a multiple-victim homicide where a killer's spouse and children are slain (Latin: familia "family"). Filicide – the act of a parent killing their child (Latin: filius "son" and Latin: filia "daughter"). Fratricide – the act of killing a brother (Latin: frater "brother"); also, in military context, death by friendly fire.
Crimes may range from very minor (like petty assaults or harassment) to major (murder, rape, kidnapping). Victimhood may likewise range from relatively minor (no harm or little harm), to moderate harm (financial or dignitary harm), to major (death, dismemberment, major trauma).
The Gukurahundi was a series of mass killings and genocide in Zimbabwe which were committed from 1983 until the Unity Accord in 1987. The name derives from a Shona language term which loosely translates to "the early rain which washes away the chaff before the spring rains".
[1] [2] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others. [3] [4] [5] This list does not include serial killers, members of democidal governments, or major political figures who orchestrated such actions.
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These lists of unsolved murders include notable cases where victims were murdered in unknown circumstances. List of unsolved murders (before 1900) List of unsolved murders (1900–1979) List of unsolved murders (1980–1999) List of unsolved murders (2000–present)
Hall was the second blind prisoner to be executed for murder since the 1976 resumption of capital punishment in the U.S., and 13 years before him, convicted killer Clarence Ray Allen, who was put to death in California in 2006, was the first blind inmate on death row to be executed.