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The Apartheid Killer: 4. The Hunter Becomes the Hunted

2024/8/12
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Joe: 我藏匿武器，并被警察逮捕和酷刑。Louis van Schoor与东伦敦剑桥警察局的警员关系密切，他们包庇了他的罪行。 Ayanda Charlie & Charlie Northcott: 在南非的反种族隔离运动中，活动家、律师和记者联合起来对抗种族隔离政府，并将目标锁定在杀害大量黑人的保安Louis van Schoor身上。 Isa Jacobson: 剑桥警察局的警员经常是Van Schoor案件的第一响应者，并对案件进行包庇。 Dominic Jones: 我作为一名年轻记者，最初被分配报道港口新闻，而不是政治事件。我开始暗中调查Van Schoor的案件，并意识到警察在掩盖真相。我和Charlene Crage合作，收集Van Schoor案件的受害者信息，并发现警察在减少案件信息。我在法院档案馆中发现了Van Schoor参与的更多案件。由于报纸的资助者受到Van Schoor的保护，他们最初拒绝发表关于Van Schoor的报道。另一家报纸发表了关于Van Schoor的报道，导致许多受害者家属得知了真相。 Charlene Crage: 我与Dominic Jones合作，收集Van Schoor案件的受害者信息。 Gerald Bloom: 在1990年的一次调查中，Van Schoor被认定越界，但他仍表现出自信。 Louis van Schoor: (通过电话暗示杀害了第39名受害者，并在法庭上表现出自信和轻蔑的态度。)

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Amidst the apartheid regime in South Africa, the podcast explores the reign of terror of security guard Louis van Schoor. Activists, lawyers, and journalists fought to bring him to justice while he continued his killing spree with alleged support from the police.
  • Louis van Schoor was a security guard operating during the apartheid era in South Africa.
  • He is accused of killing numerous Black people.
  • There are allegations of police complicity in covering up Van Schoor's crimes.

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Can the reign of terror of Louis van Schoor be stopped? There was a state of emergency in South Africa and resistance to the apartheid regime had intensified. A coalition of activists had him in their sights. African National Congress supporters, lawyers and journalists were fighting to bring the apartheid system to an end and, in turn, bring mass murderer van Schoor to justice. Could they succeed?

Since this episode was recorded, it has been announced that Louis van Schoor died, on 25 July 2024. There will be more about this later in the series. This was a four-year investigation and the interviews with Louis van Schoor were recorded in 2022 and 2023.

Please note, this episode of World of Secrets includes descriptions of violence and torture, which some listeners may find distressing.

Season 3 of World of Secrets is a collaboration with the BBC World Service investigations unit, Africa Eye. Here’s a link to the BBC Africa Eye film, which we recommend you watch after listening to this podcast: https://youtu.be/QPB42_uLLh0

If you are in the UK, you can watch on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021dvm

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