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Sounds premeditated & thought through - peaceful species when decided an individual can't be part of the group or is a threat, and they don't have other options (controlling them, sending them away), killing is the means to keep peace. It's a matter of order (anarchic, or fascist), not random violent tendencies for the fun of it.
(And it doesn't seem like it was to take power.)