Johannes Mashiane
Johannes Mashiane | |
|---|---|
| Born | Johannes Mashiane |
| Cause of death | Suicide |
| Other names | The Beast of Atteridgeville |
| Details | |
| Victims | 13 |
Span of crimes | 1982–1989 |
| Country | South Africa |
Johannes Mashiane AKA The Beast of Atteridgeville is a South African sodomist and serial killer who accounted for 13 vicitms before committing suicide in 1989. Mashiane was being chased by police in the Pretoria suburb of Marabastad when he jumped underneath a bus.
Mashiane had started his murderous activity circa 1977 by murdering his girlfriend. Released in 1982[1], 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.[2]