Karen Nagel

Karen Nagel (1964 - 2009)

Brief overview:

Karen (45), was shot when a gang of five armed males attempted to gain entry to the family home in the small Krugersrus suburb in Springs, around 21h30 on Saturday 19th September 2009. The bullet hit her in the back of her head.

She and her husband Jan were watching television in the lounge. Jan miraculously survived when the armed men stormed into their home through the sliding door and started shooting. Jan had grabbed a poker from the fireplace and was rushing to help Karen when one of the men stuck a pistol through the opening in the door and fired at Karen. One of the bullets entered Jan's hand.

Paramedics arrived at about 22h30 and tried to stabilise Karen before she was taken to Glenwood Hospital in Benoni. Three days after her son, Johan Nagel, celebrated his 23rd birthday he was at his mother's bedside, when the doctors declared her brain-dead.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Street/Suburb
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
• Weapons
• Items Stolen
  • The attackers fled without taking anything.
• 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

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Links to Media articles:

• https://archive.is/d0cxY
• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000193121439924