Pretoria Central Prison, Pretoria, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
Cause of death
Execution by hanging
Other names
The Axe Killer Tokoloshe Killer
Criminal penalty
Death
Details
Victims
15
Span of crimes
1953–1955
Country
Union of South Africa
Date apprehended
1955
Elifasi Msomi a.k.a. The Axe Killer (1910 – 10 February 1956) was a South African serial killer who was convicted in 1955 of 15 murders and sentenced to death by hanging. His victims all came from the Umkomaas and Umzimkulu valleys of Natal.
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