Dimitri Tsafendas

Deceased Person

1918 – 1999

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Who was Dimitri Tsafendas?

Dimitri Tsafendas assassinated the so-called "Architect of Apartheid", South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd on 6 September 1966. Tsafendas, working as a parliamentary messenger, stabbed Verwoerd with a dagger during a parliamentary session.

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Born
Jan 14, 1918
Maputo
Ethnicity
  • Multiracial
Nationality
  • South Africa
Died
Oct 7, 1999
Krugersdorp

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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