Afrigather South African authorities has introduced that the killer of anti-apartheid activist Chris Hani has been launched from jail after being stabbed in jail within the wake of a controversial parole announcement.
“Janusz Walus was launched on parole on Wednesday 7 December,” the jail service stated in an announcement.
On the finish of November, the very best court docket within the nation granted early launch to Janusz Walus, 69, after some 30 years behind bars. Sentenced to dying after which life imprisonment, this Polish immigrant linked to the white Afrikaner far proper was resulting from be launched from jail inside ten days.
“Walus was solely launched from the hospital right this moment as he was present process remedy after being stabbed,” the jail companies defined, including that there isn’t a doubt that the convict is “a polarizing determine” within the nation.
He was stabbed on November 29 by one other inmate within the Pretoria jail the place he was serving his sentence.
The announcement of his launch woke up painful reminiscences in South Africa. An illustration in Pretoria, referred to as by the Communist Occasion (SACP) and the ANC (ruling celebration), introduced collectively a number of hundred folks final week.
Chris Hani, 50, a senior member of the ANC’s armed wing, was killed on April 10, 1993, at a time of delicate negotiations with the white authorities for the primary democratic elections. His violent dying exacerbated racial tensions and provoked violent riots.
Janusz Walus was arrested a couple of minutes after the assassination. In his automotive, the police found the homicide weapon and traces of blood on his shirt. After being sentenced to dying, his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment with the arrival of democracy in 1994.
He had been eligible for parole for some 20 years however all his earlier functions had been rejected.
Chris Hani’s dying is commemorated yearly in South Africa as a hero of the anti-apartheid battle. His household has at all times vehemently opposed the discharge of his killer.
