Cause of death Suicide Name Johannes Mashiane Country South Africa | Span of killings 1982–1989 Victims 13 Role Serial Killer | |
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Other names The Beast of Atteridgeville Died October 1989, Marabastad, Pretoria, South Africa Similar Barend Strydom, Nicholas Lungisa Ncama, Moses Sithole | ||
Johannes Mashiane AKA The Beast of Atteridgeville is a South African rapist and serial killer who accounted for 13 victims before committing suicide in 1989. Mashiane was being chased by police in the Pretoria suburb of Marabastad when he jumped underneath a bus.
Mashiane started his murderous activity circa 1977 by killing his girlfriend. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment and was released in 1982. After being released, he immediately started his spate of murder and sodomy accounting for the deaths of at least 12 young boys by strangulation or stoning. One victim is known to have survived Mashiane's attention.
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