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Louis van Schoor

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Louis van Schoor
Van Schoor photographed for an interview by the BBC in 2024
Born
Sybrand Jacobus Lodewikus van Schoor

1951 (1951)
Died (aged 72)
East London, South Africa
Other names"The Apartheid Killer"
Criminal statusDeceased
Conviction(s)Murder
Criminal penalty20 years imprisonment
Details
Victims9–39
Span of crimes
1986–1989
CountrySouth Africa

Sybrand Jacobus Lodewikus "Louis" van Schoor (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈsibrɑnt ˈjakobʏs ˈlʊə̯dəˌvəkʏs fɑn skʊə̯r], 1951 – 25 July 2024), known as the Apartheid Killer, was a South African serial killer, policeman, and security guard who committed murders between 1986 and 1989.[1] He was arrested in 1991 and convicted of seven murders and two assassinations but was released on parole in 2003.[2] It is believed that the total number of his victims was 39, all of them in East London, South Africa. Thirty-two of the killings were described as "justifiable homicides" by police, while Schoor himself insisted that his victims were "criminals" whom he had caught in the act.[3]

Schoor died from sepsis to his leg on 25 July 2024, at the age of 72.[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.[2] Both were incarcerated in Fort Glamorgan prison before Louis van Schoor's release in 2004.[2][4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Mass killer Louis van Schoor tells BBC of police collusion". BBC News. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Serial killer freed after 12 years in prison". Online-Artikel (in German). 31 October 2004. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Mass killer dies as victims still demand justice". BBC News. 26 July 2024.
  4. ^ Holland, Heidi (23 October 2004). "Blood ties". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 July 2024.