11.   The killing was the result of a long-standing vendetta over gambling profits.

12.   The killings are part of a campaign of intimidation against opposition supporters.

13.   The killings are part of a campaign of intimidation and elimination of supporters of the political opposition.

14.   The killings were an act of mindless brutality.

15.   The killings are part of a campaign of elimination of the political opposition.

16.   They do not believe the killings were politically motivated.

17.   The killing was cold-blooded, and those who committed this atrocity should be tried and punished.

18.   There was also considerable speculation that the killings had been racially motivated as they followed reports of recent attacks against racial minorities in the area.

19.   In a ferocious attack on President de Klerk, he said that the Boipatong killings had been the work of faceless murderers who work closely with Mr de Klerk.

20.   Now killings are more often than not anonymous, motiveless in the sense that there is no relational link between the killer and his victim.