Voices of Boipatong

10 Observed events

The attackers divide into 3 groups.
  • One moves ahead 'shouting, breaking windows and causing confusion'
  • a second armed mainly with pangas and assegaais, breaks into houses and attacks residents
  • a third, reportedly consisting mainly of armed white men, surround the houses and gun down anyone who tries to escape through the windows and doors.
Twenty-one people die in Boipatong township that night.

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