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It is a state-backed massacre of helpless people.
Doesn't have to be state backed, can be backed by a paramilitary group, etc.
The key is its organized and has a power base. Oh, and it's violent.
Well, at least the State looking away, as is the case in Indian pogroms (eg Gujarat)