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Strijdom Square massacre
Strijdom Square is located in Gauteng
Strijdom Square
Strijdom Square
Strijdom Square (Gauteng)
Strijdom Square is located in South Africa
Strijdom Square
Strijdom Square
Strijdom Square (South Africa)
LocationStrijdom Square, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Coordinates25°44′47″S 28°11′37″E / 25.7464°S 28.1935°E / -25.7464; 28.1935
Date15 November 1988
Attack type
Mass shooting
Weapon9mm Vektor pistol
Deaths8
Injured16
PerpetratorBarend Strydom
DefenderSimon Mukondoleli
MotiveWhite supremacy
Convictions
  • Murder
  • Attempted murder
SentenceDeath, 30 years in prison (released in 1992, amnestied in 1994)

On 15 November 1988, white supremacist Barend Strydom carried out a shooting spree at Strijdom Square in central Pretoria, South Africa, killing eight people and injuring 16 others. Seven of the victims were black, while one was Indian. Strydom was later convicted and sentenced to death for the attack, but was released from prison as a political prisoner by F. W. de Klerk in 1992, and amnestied by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1994.

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