Danny Zhong

Danny Zhong (1996 - 1998)

Brief overview:

Danny (2), was shot in his parents Johannesburg shop in what appeared like the deliberate shooting of a child.

Zhi-wei Zhong, still on crutches after being shot in the leg, met President Nelson Mandela. For the last couple of weeks his son’s smiling face had been a regular feature on the front pages of the nation’s papers.
South Africans were outraged by what appeared to be the deliberate shooting of a child. Media reports then told how at least two men had entered the couple’s Mr Beijing’s shop in the Joburg CBD.
During the crime, Danny was shot in the head, and his father was wounded in the leg. Police were able to arrest the two men at the scene.
Hua, who was three months pregnant, almost miscarried her child, after the shock of losing her firstborn. In protest, on July 14 1998, a Chinese delegation travelled to Pretoria and the Union Buildings to hand over a memorandum calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
  • 22 years later Dannys parents, Zhiwei Zhong and Xuejie Hua Zhong would suffer the same fate.
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Street/Suburb
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

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
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction

Additional Biographical Information:

Links to Media articles:

• https://archive.ph/idt3c
• https://archive.ph/Svykg