Amy Biehl | |
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Born | Amy Elizabeth Biehl April 27, 1967 |
Died | August 25, 1993 | (aged 26)
Cause of death | Stabbing, stoning |
Alma mater | Stanford University |
Occupation | Scholar |
Parent(s) | Linda Biehl Peter Biehl |
Amy Elizabeth Biehl (April 26, 1967 – August 25, 1993) was a Fulbright Scholar and American graduate of Stanford University and an anti-Apartheid activist in South Africa who was murdered by a black mob shouting anti-white slurs at her in Cape Town.[1] The four men convicted of her murder were granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.