Goedemoed shooting
| Goedemoed shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Goedemoed, South Africa |
| Date | August 25, 1992 |
Attack type | Mass murder, murder-suicide |
| Weapons | Two pistols |
| Deaths | 9 (including the perpetrator) |
Non-fatal injuries | 4 |
| Perpetrator | L. S. Hasebeng |
The Goedemoed shooting was a mass murder that occurred at the prison complex in Goedemoed, a town in Orange Free State, South Africa on August 25, 1992, when police constable L. S. Hasebeng killed eight people and wounded four others, before committing suicide.[1][2][3][4][5]
Victims
- Tseliso George, police assistant
- Constable S. Gabriel Lekhula
- Cynthia Lekhula, wife of Gabriel Lekhula
- Phalisa Lekhula, 4, daughter of Gabriel and Cynthia Lekhula
- Ernestina Mile, 21, daughter of Cynthia Lekhula
- Mavis Mile, 17, daughter of Cynthia Lekhula
- Adjutant officer Chris E. Schutte, commander of Goedemoed police
- Vakele Tyu, police assistant
Those wounded were constable Lucas Musi, police assistant Pakiso Ramarumo, captain Bettie van Wyk, and eight-year-old Thobela Dumayi.
References
- ↑ S. African Officer Kills 8, Then Self, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (August 26, 1992)
- ↑ PC kills eight in shooting spree, New Straits Times (August 26, 1992) (p.23)
- ↑ Ons Korrespondent, Beeld (August 26, 1992)
- ↑ Slagter moes nie geweet het van ondersoek na verkragting, Beeld (August 27, 1992)
- ↑ Tydelike hulp beveel ná slagting van SAP-lede, Beeld (August 27, 1992)
External links
- Held vertel van berserker se spoor van moord, Die Burger (August 26, 1992)
- Vader sterf vlak voor sy seun in koeël--slagting Polisieman laat streep lyke, pleeg selfmoord, Die Burger (August 26, 1992)
- Ondersoek kom ná afgryslike moorde, Die Burger (August 26, 1992)
- Gewonde maak of sy dood is; ontkom, Die Burger (August 26, 1992)
- Berserker SAP-lid mog nie wis van ondersoek, Die Burger (August 27, 1992)
- Nuus van verkrag-klag het SAP-lid glo laat skiet, Die Burger (August 27, 1992)
- Geweld, Die Burger (August 29, 1992)
- Koeël vlieg rakelings verby SAP-lid en slaan in muur vas, Beeld (August 26, 1992)
- Koeël skiet gate in sy trui, maar mis kaptein, Beeld (August 26, 1992)
- Ek kon voel hoe die koeëls in my vasslaan, Beeld (August 26, 1992)
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