Weenen massacre | |
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Part of the Great Trek | |
Location | Doringkop, Bloukrans River, Moordspruit, Rensburgspruit and other sites around present the day town of Weenen in South Africa |
Date | 17 February 1838 |
Deaths | 532 (approx.) |
Injured | Unknown |
Perpetrators | Impis of Dingane kaSenzangakhona King of the Zulu |
The Weenen massacre (Afrikaans: Bloukransmoorde) was the massacre of Khoikhoi, Basuto and Voortrekkers by the Zulu Kingdom on 17 February 1838. The massacres occurred at Doringkop, Bloukrans River, Moordspruit, Rensburgspruit and other sites around the present day town of Weenen in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province.[1]