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3. With a purpose;
4. By a state official or another acting with the acquiescence of the State.
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4.3.2 Extra-judicial killings and summary executions:
Summary executions and extra-judicial killings are terms to describe murder by State
officials. Which term is used depends upon the nature of the killing: sometimes the
killing resembles an execution, whilst at other times it resembles a murder. The term that
is used thus depends on the facts. As can be seen below, the murder of Mrs Olds would
be described an extra-judicial killing.
Mrs. Gloria Olds (aged 72) was shot 15 times and killed on 4
March 2001at Silver Streams Farm, Nyamandlovu. The
gunmen shot and killed three dogs and broke the padlock to
the farmhouse. Her son, Martin was shot dead in Nymandlovu
in April 2000. Police are treating the case as a robbery.
However, a large amount of money in the house was not stolen
and other valuable property was left untouched. The 4x4
Toyota Hilux that the assailants used as a getaway vehicle
was recovered in Pumula South in Bulawayo the following
day. Olds had been involved in a dispute with Wolfeden Stans,
a war veteran, over rental payments; he had not paid rent for
10 months. Mr. Stans was questioned by the police. During
the questioning Mr. Stans was reported to have said that
“heavyweight politicians were behind the killing”.