The patterns of killing were not random, isolated or accidental, but appeared to be deliberate, systematic and based on ethnicity, the report said.
Corrie's parents may have failed in their attempt to see some justice for their daughter, but in their struggle they forced a court case that established that her death was not arbitrary but one of a pattern of killings as the Israeli army pursued a daily routine of attacks intended to terrorise the Palestinian population of southern Gaza into submission.
"The secretary general is concerned about the emerging pattern of killings of high profile personalities in Guinea-Bissau," the United Nations said in a statement, adding that "these criminal acts are a tragic setback for efforts to restore the rule of law and democratic processes in the country".
The commission's chairman, Sergio Pinheiro, said the pattern of killings also had shifted — while most deaths in the early months were from clashes between security forces and unarmed protesters, many more are now from shelling and shootings by military units deployed to rout insurgents hiding among civilians.
Pastor Oritsejafor said his members would do "whatever it takes" to defend themselves from the pattern of killings which suggested "systematic ethnic and religious cleansing".
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What's more, at least four commanders who commanded units with the most egregious patterns of civilian killings were invited instructors in U.S. military schools attended by Latin American soldiers.
Moreover, the Obama administration's pattern of targeted killings in the war on terror establishes an important conceptual point.
Fortunately, the pattern of revenge killings has not spread to other parts of the country, though there have been threats from some marginal groups to do so.
Despite a lack of conclusive evidence as to what caused the blast, Palestinian officials accused Israel of carrying out an assassination, part of an army pattern of targeted killings.
The boy's killing was confirmed by local police and government officials, as well as the head of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, who called it part of a pattern of Taliban killings of children who have glancing or even suspected connections to Afghan security forces or the contingents of NATO troops in the country.
