Louis van Schoor
Louis van Schoor | |
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 Louis Van Schoor photographed for an interview by the BBC in 2024 | |
| Born | Sybrand Jacobus Lodewikus van Schoor 1951 |
| Died | 25 July 2024 (aged 72) East London, South Africa |
| Other names | "The Apartheid Killer" |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Conviction(s) | Murder |
| Criminal penalty | 20 years imprisonment |
| Details | |
| Victims | 9–39, confessed to 100 |
Span of crimes | 1986–1989 |
| Country | South Africa |
Sybrand Jacobus Lodewikus "Louis" van Schoor (1951 – 25 July 2024)[1], known as the Apartheid Killer, was a South African mass killer, policeman, and security guard who committed murders between 1986 and 1989.[2] He was convicted of seven murders and two assassinations.[3]
Louis van Schoor was the father of Sabrina van Schoor, who was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison for hiring a hitman to murder her mother in 2002.[3] Both were incarcerated in Fort Glamorgan prison before Louis van Schoor's release in 2004.[3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mass killer dies as victims still demand justice". BBC News. 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Mass killer Louis van Schoor tells BBC of police collusion". BBC News. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "Serial killer freed after 12 years in prison". Online-Artikel (in German). 31 October 2004. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ Holland, Heidi (23 October 2004). "Blood ties". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 July 2024.