Nic Diederichs Technical High School slashing information
2008 mass stabbing in Nic Diederichs Nic Diederichs Technical High School, Krugersdorp
Nic Diederichs Technical High School slashing
Location
Krugersdorp, South Africa
Date
17 August 2008 Approx. 7:20 a.m.[1] (SAST)
Target
Pupils and employees at Nic Diederichs Technical High School
Attack type
Slashing, spree stabbing
Weapons
60-cm samurai sword[2]
Deaths
1
Injured
3
Perpetrator
Morné Harmse
The Nic Diederichs Technical High School slashing was an incident on 17 August 2008 at the Nic Diederichs Technical High School in Krugersdorp, South Africa in which 18-year-old matric (Grade 12) student Morné Harmse attacked four people with a samurai sword.[3] Sixteen-year-old grade 9 pupil Jacques Pretorius was killed[4] and two campus gardeners and a second pupil were seriously injured. Harmse later pleaded guilty to a charge of murder and three charges of attempted murder, and was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment.
Harmse was reported to have "followed" the practice of Satanism.[2][4][5] Harmse had acquired a mask that resembled one of a member of the American heavy metal band Slipknot, donned a dress similar to the band's singer, Corey Taylor[6] on the morning of the attack, and had been listening to the band for months prior to the attack.
^"Want to see something cool?". News24. 18 August 2008. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
^ ab"Satanism blamed in wake of Krugersdorp sword slaying". Cape Argus. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008. [dead link]
^"Harmse 'liked to sharpen sword'". News24. 27 August 2008. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
^ ab"Learner blames Satan for murderous rampage". SABC News. 18 August 2008. Archived from the original on 26 August 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
^"'The devil didn't make him do it'". The Times. 19 August 2008. Archived from the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008. Rumours of Satanism playing a part in high-profile murders should not be taken seriously, according to the head of the police's investigative psychology unit. Senior Superintendent Gerard Labuschagne was responding to claims that a matric pupil stabbed a fellow pupil yesterday because 'Satan told him to kill the children'.
^"Now what, sir?". IOL. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
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