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About Allard Msheyene
Allard Msheyene (Mako) (Father) (1965 – 2007)
Brief overview:
Father Allard (42), known as Mako, was shot during a carjacking when driving back to the parish in Nelspruit on the night of 5th October 2007.
"Father Allard had gone to lend weekend help at St. Peter’s parish in Nelspruit. After celebrating a Friday evening liturgy at 18:00 in Ka Nyamazane, he took a young man home and then was returning to the parish. A short time later, he was found lying by the road at Msogwaba township, and was taken at 19:30 by ambulance to Themba Hospital, Kabokweni. He was soon transferred to a larger hospital in Nelspruit, where he underwent emergency surgery. He was conscious and recognised those who spoke to him, and at that stage could give some response. The bullet had done its fatal damage, however. Fr. Zweli MLOTSHWA, anointed him at 5:30 Saturday morning, October 6. Fr. Allard died a couple hours later."
Brief Biography:
- Other Victims/Family
- Funeral/Memorial
- Thursday, October 11, at the Oblate parish in Victory Park.
- The Farm/Smallholding
- The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
- "Car-jacking in South Africa is widespread with more than 12,000 cases every year, although in recent years since a peak 16,000 in 1998 the have diminished slightly in number. (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides 10/10/2007".
Attack Details:
- Date and time of attack
- Weapons
- Items Stolen
- Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
- Torture, Gratuitous violence
- Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.
Perpetrator details:
- Number and Descriptions
- Arrests
- Attempted arrest of suspect: "Police were soon on the track of one of the suspects. On the next day, three police officers from KaNyamazane police station arrived at the Mayibuye High School outside Nelspruit just before midday. The suspect was apparently warned about the police presence at the school. “The suspect rushed out and fired shots at the police officers, injuring one of them in the leg,” said Mpumalanga police spokesman Superintendent Abie Khoabane yesterday. He then disappeared. Constable Patrick Fakude, 28, was rushed to Nelspruit Medi-Clinic in a serious condition."
- Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
- Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
- Trial/Conviction
Additional Biographical Information:
Allard was born in Lesotho and joined the Oblates in South Africa in 1984. He did his scholasticate at Cedara and Rome, Italy. He was ordained a priest in 2003. Back in South Africa he got assigned to the novitiate at Misgund.
"Just a few days earlier, he was in a jovial mood as he and the novitiate community visited the Intercapitular meeting in session north of Johannesburg. He laughed and joked with Oblates who were his friends from his days at the International Scholasticate in Rome. His death leaves a void, not only in the hearts of those who knew and loved him, but also in the pastoral plan of his province where he had revived the vocation apostolate and was being prepared for further formation work."
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Allard Msheyene's Timeline
| 1965 |
1965
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Lesotho
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| 2007 |
October 6, 2007
Age 42
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Msogwaba township, Nelspruit, MP, South Africa
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