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| 2000 Pretoria bus shooting | |
|---|---|
  Pretoria Pretoria (Gauteng)  Pretoria Pretoria (South Africa) | |
| Location | Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Coordinates | 25°48′53″S 28°16′40″E / 25.8146°S 28.2778°E |
| Date | 12 January 2000 |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Weapon | 9mm pistol |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Injured | 4 |
| Perpetrator | De Wet Kritzinger |
On 12 January 2000, De Wet Kritzinger, a white supremacist, opened fire on a bus in Pretoria, killing 3 and injuring 4, all of whom were black, in a racially motivated attack.
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Background
[edit]Barend Strydom, the perpetrator of the 1988 Strijdom Square massacre,
Perpetrator
[edit]Jan Gabriel De Wet Kritzinger,[22] aged 28 at the time of the shooting,[21]
Shooting
[edit]On 12 January 2000, Kritzinger boarded a bus heading towards Mamelodi[26][10] He opened fire, killing three and injuring four.[10]
He then escaped on a motorcycle.[26][10]
9mm pistol[9]
Aftermath
[edit]It was the deadliest racially motivated attack in South Africa since the Tempe military base shooting in September of the previous year, where a black soldier shot and killed 8 white soldiers.[26]
Kritzinger was not caught immediately, and was on the run for 2 years [22][17]
working as a mechanic and living under a false name[4]
strydom[34]
Legal proceedings
[edit]Strydom gave a statement[15]
Kritzinger was charged with three counts of murder and four of attempted murder[10]
Kritzinger was sentenced to three life terms in addition to forty years in prison.
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See also
[edit]References
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- ^ Carstens, Sonja (12 August 2002). "Kritzinger's death wish". News24. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ "Wit Wolf: Bus killer 'a POW'". News24. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ a b Stiehler, Adele; Magnus, Liela (15 June 2002). "'Bus-killer' had false name". News24. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Kritzinger: It's notwrong to kill blacks". News24. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Suspect's tape released". News24. 10 August 2000. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ Carstens, Sonja (19 June 2002). "Kritzinger 'wants to confess'". News24. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Pretoria 'bus shooter' in court". New24. 5 July 2002. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ a b Taljaard, Jan (17 June 2002). "Police raid angers farmers". News24. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
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- ^ "Police name bus shooting victims". IOL. SAPA. 13 January 2000. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ Venter, Zelda (2 May 2003). "Go see your Father in jail, Kritzinger told". IOL. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Kritzinger's sentence too long, says Wit Wolf". IOL. 2 May 2003. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ Venter, Zelda (1 May 2003). "Racist bus shooter found guilty of murder". IOL. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Kudu horn sounds as 'Wit Wolf' enters court". IOL. SAPA. 18 June 2002. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ a b "'I killed blacks to free my wife'". IOL. SAPA. 29 April 2003. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Warrant out for bus-killing suspect". IOL. 28 April 2000. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Govt slams 'white' parties' silence on Kritzinger trial". Mail & Guardian. 5 May 2003. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Racist killer tells court he had wanted to kill more". Mail & Guardian. SAPA. 3 May 2003. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Racist killer is an Osama bin Laden fan". Mail & Guardian. SAPA. 30 April 2003. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Warrant For Alleged Bus Killer Issued". Mail & Guardian. 30 April 2000. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Fears of SA right-wing revival rise". Mail & Guardian. SAPA/AFP. 31 December 2001. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
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- ^ "Killer says he had a pact with God". Irish Examiner. 29 April 2003. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
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- ^ "Court Case Revives Spectre of Rightwing Militancy in S. Africa". Tehran Times. 14 September 2002. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ Potgieter, De Wet (1 October 2015). Gruesome: The crimes and criminals that shook South Africa. Penguin Random House South Africa. ISBN 978-1-77022-909-9 – via Google Books.
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