2008 Skierlik shooting (Q123577581)

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English Wikipedia categories: 2000s massacres in South Africa, 2008 mass shootings in Africa, 2008 murders in South Africa, 21st-century mass murder in South Africa, Anti-black racism in South Africa, January 2008 crimes, January 2008 events in South Africa, Mass murder in 2008, Mass shootings in South Africa, Massacres in 2008, Racially motivated violence against black people

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The 2008 Skierlik shooting occurred on 14 January 2008, when a teenage Afrikaner opened fire in Skierlik, a township near Swartruggens, South Africa, killing 4 black people and injuring 8 in a racially motivated attack. The shooter, Johan Nel, had shouted racial expletives during the shooting and was arrested after attempting to seek refuge at a nearby farm. He was awaiting sentencing for shooting and paralyzing a black man who had allegedly attacked him when he was 13. Nel was sentenced to four life sentences and 68 years in prison.

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