AWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The leader of the right-wing political organisation, Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), Eugene Terre'Blanche, and nine of his followers were arrested and charged with public violence. The arrest took place after a long police investigation. Terre'Blanche and his followers clashed with police and interrupted a meeting addressed by the then state president F.W. De Klerk at the Ventersdorp city hall on 9 August 1991. Three people were reported to have been killed outside the hall.

How we know this

01News24,"Terre'Blanche's killer gets life",From: News24,[Online], Available at: www.news24.com,[Accessed: 20 December 2013]
02BBC News ,"Eugene Terreblanche killed in South Africa",From: BBC News ,[Online], Available at:news.bbc.co.uk,[Accessed: 20 December 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). AWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013007

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South African History Online. "AWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013007.