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honor killing
homicide of a member of a family or social group by other members, due to the belief that the victim has brought dishonor upon the family or community
witch hunt
search for witches or evidence of witchcraft, often involving moral panic, or mass hysteria
femicide
thumb|250px|Declaration of the enactment of the law against femicide in Chile, 2010
Eudy Simelane
South African footballer (1977–2008)
female infanticide
deliberate killing of newborn female children
uxoricide
Uxoricide is the killing of one's own wife. It can also be used in the context of the killing of one's own girlfriend. It can refer to the act itself or the person who carries it out. Conversely, the killing of a husband or boyfriend is called mariticide. It comes from the Latin meaning and -cide, from meaning .
assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
1975 murder in Dhaka, Bangladesh
murder of Brianna Ghey
2023 homicide by stabbing in Cheshire, England
William Unek
African spree killer, killed 57 people at two separate slayings in 1954 and 1957
sororicide
Sororicide (; ) is the act of murdering one's own sister.
pregnancy-associated femicide
sex based murder of a female during pregnancy or up to a year afterwards
transfemicide
thumb|319x319px|Protester at the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina holding a placard with the words: "Stop the Travesticides! Transfemicides! Transhomicides!". Transfemicide or transfeminicide is defined as the killing of a trans woman motivated by transphobic, misogynistic and transmisogynistic hatred that has its origins in cissexist cultural and political norms. The term is most often used as a subset of femicide, a theoretical and legal concept describing the murder of women and girls by men on the basis of sexist beliefs and norms. Journalists and academics alike believe the preval
2017 Kandel stabbing attack
2017 killing in Germany
Spišská Stará Ves school stabbing
2025 stabbing at a school in Spišská Stará Ves, Slovakia
Toronto machete attack
Murder and attempted murder with terrorism charges
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