Original sentence: "Murders on farms (of owners, or of workers by owners) are given an individual attention that many other killings are not.Figures compiled by Genocide Watch indicate that murder is the result of about one in ten to one in six recorded attacks, and the group claims that these attacks constitute genocide.Human Rights Watch has criticised the use of the term "farm attacks", as they suggest this is "reinforcing, through the use of the word "attack", the idea that there is a military or terrorist basis for the crimes, rather than a criminal one.The South African farming community has suffered from attacks for many years.The age of victims of those killed range from as old as 87 years to young infants.They suggest that "farm attacks" are given a disproportionately high media and political focus.While the majority of the victims have been white farmers, attacks have also been recorded against black farmers and farm workers, with claims of death tolls of up to 1,700 (July 2005) cited in the media
Edited sentence: Human Rights Watch has criticised the use of the term "farm attacks", as they suggest this is "reinforcing, through the use of the word "attack," the idea that there is a military or terrorist basis for the crimes, rather than a criminal one".Since the fall of apartheid in 1994, there has been an increase in crime committed against residents of South African farms by outsiderrs.They suggest that the so-called "farm attacks" are given a disproportionately high media and political focus - "murders on farms (of owners, or of workers by owners) are given an individual attention that many other killings are not".While the majority (60%) of the victims have been white farmers, attacks have also been recorded against black farmers and farm workers, with claims of death tolls of up to 1,700 (July 2005) being claimed by the media.. Genocide Watch states that murder is the result of about one in ten to one in six recorded attacks and claims that these attacks may constitute genocide.. This is despite the finding that a racial or political motive was only present in 2.0% of the cases