What the records say
- When
- 20 Jan 1992
- Kind
- Shooting
- Killed
- 9
- Coordinates
- 28.56° S, 29.78° E
- Description
- mass shooting in South Africa
- Injured
- 19
1992 Ladysmith shooting
1992 mass shooting in South Africa
The Ladysmith massacre was a mass shooting that occurred in the Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal area on 20 January 1992, in South Africa, perpetrated by Carel Johannes Delport. Most of Delport's victims were black, and in the aftermath racial tensions in the area increased. Delport was subsequently arrested and sentenced to 39 years in prison.
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