"The widespread indiscriminate killings can not be justified and sustained under any ground or reason."

There was widespread killing of Hindu males, and rapes of women.

During his reign, roughly from 1826 to 1836, he ordered widespread killings and devastation to remove all opposition.

He responded by commenting on the widespread killing.

And he said that if widespread killing resumed, the United States would withdraw.

This left the island's 18 million people facing a new phase in a war that has been marked by widespread civilian killings on both sides.

Rumors of widespread killings were denied by the government, which pointed to the lack of bodies.

They drove whites off the plantations, but widespread killings did not take place.

Elections have been held in Iraq, but there is ongoing disorder and widespread killings are taking place.

He also refused, when invited to do so by reporters, to express any regrets over the widespread killings of Muslims.