Correct Answer: Homicide

Solution : The correct choice is the first option.

Homicide is the appropriate term for the killing of one person by another because it broadly encompasses any unlawful killing of one person by another individual.

The meanings of the other options are as follows:

• Fratricide means the killing of one's brother or sister.
• Genocide means the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
• Filicide refers to the act of a parent killing their own child.