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targeted killing

form of assassination carried by governments against their perceived enemies
Event type_of_crime Q1642263
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Summary

targeted killing is a type of crime[1]. It draws 1,704 Wikipedia views per month (type of crime category, ranking #30 of 61).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: murder[3], extra-judicial killing[4]
  • Commons category: Targeted killing[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Targeted killing[6]
  • Different from: assassination[7]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[8]

Why It Matters

targeted killing has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0399341-cilene-zabijeni
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0399341-cilene-zabijeni, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Targeted killing
    Instance of → type of crime
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Human rights
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007477352605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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