Dimitri Tsafendas (Greek: Δημήτρης Τσαφέντας; 14 January 1918 – 7 October 1999) was a Greek-Mozambican lifelong political militant and the assassin of Prime Minister of South Africa Hendrik Verwoerd on 6 September 1966. Tsafendas, while working as a parliamentary messenger, stabbed Verwoerd to death during a sitting of the House of Assembly in Cape Town.
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14 January 1918 Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
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Died |
7 October 1999 (aged 81) Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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