11 3. With a purpose; 4. By a state official or another acting with the acquiescence of the State. Figure 3. Percentages of different types of gross human rights violations reported to the Forum. 60 50 40 30 20 10 Pr op er ty da m ag e Ini tim ida tio n Di sa pp ea ran ce To rtu re Ex ec uti on s 0 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”.

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