What is the ruling when a claimant accuses one known person and an unspecified number of unknown people of murder?

Chapter on Qasamah (Oaths regarding murder)

Al-Mughni

Book of Blood-Money (Diyyāt)

Book 48 · Issue 2 · Bab 3

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If the claimant states that one known person and an unspecified number of individuals of unknown quantity killed the deceased, the oath (*qasamah*) is not required. This is because the precise share of the blood money owed by the known individual cannot be determined.