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Notorious Apartheid Police Commander 'Prime Evil' Testifies at South African Hearing on Killings
De Kock denied direct involvement in the Cradock Four murders but admitted aiding a police cover-up, including tampering with ballistics, during apartheid-era inquiries.
- Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sicelo Mhlauli, and Sparrow Mkonto were abducted and killed by police during apartheid, with their bodies found burned.
- Eugene de Kock testified that police officers asked him to help cover up the killings, including manipulating ballistics evidence.
- De Kock was convicted in 1996 of multiple crimes, including murder and kidnapping, and sentenced to life plus 212 years but was released on parole in 2015.
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South Africa: 'Cradock Four Were Not Terrorists' - 'Prime Evil' De Kock Takes Stand in Inquest
He openly admits to hunting 'terrorists' for the Security Police under the apartheid regime, but Eugene de Kock denies any role in the plot to murder the Cradock Four, saying he did not consider activists against the government to be terrorists against the state.
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‘Cradock Four were not terrorists’ – ‘Prime Evil’ De Kock takes stand in third inquest
He openly admits to hunting ‘terrorists’ for the Security Police under the apartheid regime, but Eugene de Kock denies any role in the plot to murder the Cradock Four, saying he did not consider activists against the government to be terrorists against the state.
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Notorious apartheid police commander 'Prime Evil' testifies at South African hearing on killings
One of South Africa’s most notorious apartheid police commanders has testified at a new inquiry into the 1985 killing of four anti-apartheid activists in South Africa.
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