This is just semantics, but I think not. If you're attacking a military unit to achieve a military objective, murder feels inappropriate. In my opinion, murder

This is just semantics, but I think not. If you're attacking a military unit to achieve a military objective, murder feels inappropriate. In my opinion, murder tends: * to be done by an individual, not a group * tends to happen to one, or a few victims. It's odd to describe someone as murdering 70 people at once. * tends to imply the victim was not professionally engaged in such a way that their death in those circumstances is not a plausible concern * the motive is not political, else it is an assassination