Figure 3 60 50 40 2003 30 20 10 0 2002 e am ta l To wn Un kn o Sc ou t rm s Fa G ZN LW VA ZA M NU PF 2001 DC Numbers Deaths per year [2001 to 2003] Victim's group As can be seen from Figure 3, the number of deaths has risen and declined over the three- year period. The worst year was 2002, with the Presidential election being the period in which most deaths occurred (see Figure 4 over). The changes in the numbers of deaths apart, it is evident that the major victims have been members of the MDC: in each year under consideration, MDC members have comprised over 60% of the summary and extra-judicial executions. Only 14% of the deaths in 2001 were farm-related, and these types of deaths represented only 5% of the deaths in 2002 and declined to nothing by 2003. Figure 4 [see over] shows the distribution of deaths over the survey period, and, as indicated above, reaches a peak in March 2002, with a steady rise towards the Presidential Election. Overall, the statistics on summary and extra-judicial executions show a pattern congruent with the general theory being elaborated: deaths are more related to elections than any other form of political or social event, and are not randomly distributed. There are, additionally, important cases that substantiate the thesis being advanced, and one of the most important of these concerns the extrajudicial killings of Chiminya and Mabika in Buhera during the 2000 Parliamentary 19