Translation of "machetazo" into English

A muchos los mataron a machetazos, a tiros.

Many were hacked, shot, and burnt to death.

Más de 40 víctimas, en su mayoría mujeres y niños, murieron abrasados vivos en sus chozas o a machetazos cuando intentaron escapar;

Over 40 victims, mostly women and children, were either burned alive in their huts or killed by machete blows while trying to escape;