Janusz Waluś

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Janusz Waluś is a Polish-born far-right extremist best known for assassinating South African anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani in 1993.

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Janusz Waluś canonical 2

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instanceOf assassin
convicted murderer
far-right extremist
human
associatedWith Clive Derby-Lewis
causeOfPublicControversy parole applications
citizenship Poland
South Africa
co-conspirator Clive Derby-Lewis
convictedIn South African court
convictedOf murder of Chris Hani
countryOfActivity South Africa
countryOfBirth Poland
countryOfDetention South Africa
dateOfBirth 1953-01-14
dateOfConviction 1993
dateOfEvent 1993-04-10
detainedIn Kgosi Mampuru II Prison
emigratedTo South Africa
emigrationPeriod 1980s
ethnicity Polish
familyName Waluś
givenName Janusz
ideology anti-communism
far-right politics
legalStatus parolee
mediaCoverage international
motive anti-communist political motive
opposition to negotiations to end apartheid
movement anti-apartheid conflict (as opponent)
name Janusz Waluś
notableCaseIn South African transitional justice history
notableFor assassination of Chris Hani
opposedTo African National Congress
South African Communist Party
paroleDecisionYear 2022
paroleGrantedBy Constitutional Court of South Africa
perpetrated assassination of Chris Hani
placeOfBirth Zakopane, Poland
linked to: Zakopane
placeOfEvent Boksburg, South Africa
linked to: Boksburg
politicalAlignment white nationalist milieu in South Africa
reasonForChangeOfSentence abolition of death penalty in South Africa
religion Roman Catholic (reported)
securityClassification high-profile prisoner
sentence death penalty
sentenceChangedTo life imprisonment
targetedPolitician Chris Hani
victimOfCrime Chris Hani
weaponUsed firearm

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Chris Hani killedBy Janusz Waluś
Janusz Waluś name Janusz Waluś