Dimitri Tsafendas | |
|---|---|
 Tsafendas in a 1966 mugshot | |
| Born | 14 January 1918 |
| Died | 7 October 1999 (aged 81) Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Known for | Assassination of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd |
| Political party | SACP |
| Criminal charge | Murder |
| Criminal penalty | Detained "at the pleasure of the State President" |
| Criminal status | Not guilty by reason of insanity |
| Military career | |
| Service | United States Merchant Marine (1941–1945) Democratic Army of Greece (1947–1949) |
| Battles / wars | World War II Greek Civil War |
Dimitri Tsafendas (Greek: Δημήτρης Τσαφέντας; 14 January 1918 – 7 October 1999) was a Greek-Mozambican lifelong political militant and the assassin of Prime Minister of South Africa Hendrik Verwoerd.[1] On 6 September 1966, while working as a parliamentary messenger, Tsafendas stabbed Verwoerd – commonly regarded as the architect of apartheid[1][2] – to death during a sitting of the House of Assembly in Cape Town.
- ^ a b Beresford, David (11 October 1999), Obituary: Long-jailed assassin of South African premier in The Guardian. Archived by WebCite at [1] Retrieved 8 July 2009.
- ^ Kenney, Henry (2016). Verwoerd: Architect of Apartheid. Jonathan Ball Publishers. ISBN 978-1-86842-716-1.