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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Predicate Object
instanceOf assassin
convicted murderer
far-right extremist
human
associatedWith Clive Derby-Lewis NERFINISHED
causeOfPublicControversy parole applications
citizenship Poland NERFINISHED
South Africa NERFINISHED
co-conspirator Clive Derby-Lewis NERFINISHED
convictedIn South African court
convictedOf murder of Chris Hani
countryOfActivity South Africa NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth Poland
countryOfDetention South Africa NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1953-01-14
dateOfConviction 1993
dateOfEvent 1993-04-10
detainedIn Kgosi Mampuru II Prison NERFINISHED
emigratedTo South Africa NERFINISHED
emigrationPeriod 1980s
ethnicity Polish
familyName Waluś NERFINISHED
givenName Janusz NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
notableCaseIn South African transitional justice history
notableFor assassination of Chris Hani
opposedTo African National Congress NERFINISHED
South African Communist Party NERFINISHED
paroleDecisionYear 2022
paroleGrantedBy Constitutional Court of South Africa NERFINISHED
perpetrated assassination of Chris Hani
placeOfBirth Zakopane, Poland NERFINISHED
placeOfEvent Boksburg, South Africa NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
victimOfCrime Chris Hani NERFINISHED
weaponUsed firearm

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Chris Hani killedBy Janusz Waluś