English
eliticide
From elite + -icide.
first attested First used in 1992 by British reporter Michael Nicholson to describe the Bijeljina massacre in Bosnia and Herzegovina (as stated in the etymology)
Today it means
noun The targeted killing of the leadership of a group (to cripple it), for example at the beginning of a genocide or during a revolution.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / eliticide