Petronella Adriana Henning

Petronella "Riana" Henning (1977 - 2008)

Brief overview:

Riana (31), was shot in the head execution style while she was trying to flee, with her children in her car, from an armed gang of men.

The perpetrators had been hiding in the field opposite the Christian mission station and ambushed Rianna at the entrance of the Fisherman’s Village Christian Centre at Honeydew north of Randburg, Gauteng. She became frightened when she realised the danger to her children, and in her fear reversed into a tree while trying to flee when she saw that armed robbers were inside the compound. As she sat behind the wheel of her crashed car, with her children crying in the back-seat, she was shot in the head.

Mrs Henning and her husband Abri (35), had only joined the mission station six weeks earlier. The mission station was run by pastor Linda Patterson, who founded it as a refuge for poor people on a smallholding.

There’s no precise record as to whether anything was stolen.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
  • A part of her ashes are in Nis # 118D in the memorial wall at NGK, Moedergemeente, Mossel Bay, her parents' hometown.
• The Farm/Smallholding
• 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://nolstuijt.wordpress.com/2008/
• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000194927134827

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