Elias Xitavhudzi
Elias Xitavhudzi | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Other name | Pangaman |
| Conviction | Murder (16 counts) |
Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | 16 |
| Country | Union of South Africa |
Elias Xitavhudzi was a South African serial killer who murdered 16 women in Atteridgeville, South Africa, in the 1960s.[1] Xitavhudzi, who was black, targeted only whites in the then-strictly segregated community.[2] His killing spree caused a local sensation during the peak years of South Africa's apartheid regime. Prior to his capture, he acquired the nickname "Pangaman" (panga being a local word for the machete with which he mutilated his victims).
After his arrest, he was tried and sentenced to death. He was the second in a series of at least a half-dozen serial killers to have plagued the township of Atteridgeville.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Pistorius, Micki (2012). Catch me a Killer: Serial murders – a profiler's true story. Penguin Random House South Africa. p. 73.
- 1 2 Newton, Michael (2006). The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers (2nd ed.). Infobase Publishing. p. 292. ISBN 9780816069873.