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South African Crime Victims, (mostly robbery related) Crime in South Africa is at epidemic proportions, Many who immigrate cite crime as one of the primary reasons for leaving South Africa. IRR crime analyst Kerwin Lebone said: “South Africans live with horrific levels of violent crime. While the murder rate has fallen since 1994, at 31.9 per 100 000 people, it remains one of the highest in th...
There is no sense to the killing of our children, and each case seems slightly different, but these children have been failed by us all. My heart broke while adding the over 300 profiles to this project with the knowledge that more would come, and that right now, somewhere in Aotearoa New Zealand, a child is being hurt and no one is hearing their cries - or someone is ignoring them. Text by Deb...
Strangling is compression of the neck that may lead to unconsciousness or death by causing an increasingly hypoxic state in the brain. Fatal strangling typically occurs in cases of violence, accidents, and as the auxiliary lethal mechanism in hangings in the event the neck does not break. Strangling does not have to be fatal; limited or interrupted strangling is practised in erotic asphyxia, in...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009 TAU (Transvaal Agricultural Union) 2008: 79 Murders from 184 attacks No official SAPS figures released for 2008/09 There are 88 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 2 couples (farmer and wife) between 12/04/2008 - 17/03/2009 40 Victims were aged between 60 - 86 2008 April Phillip Engelbrecht "Flip" (59) 02/04/2008 G...
Farm Murders in South Africa are a highly politicised issue. Outside of the general concern for homicide in the country, the farm murder rate has been used by many as evidence that South Africa’s white minority is facing victimisation, oppression, and possibly genocide. During a parliamentary debate, the Freedom Front Plus and African Christian Democratic Party quoted farm murder rates of 97 an...
From America's Top Killing Machine For the better part of a century, the machine most likely to kill an American has been the automobile.Car crashes killed 33,561 people in 2012, the most recent year for which data is available, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Firearms killed 32,251 people in the United States in 2011, the most recent year for which the Centers ...
Homicide Please try to start sub projects with the actual cause of death. {note from morel : I am adding a few profiles here, until we establish how we breakdown homicide death. After that, I will move those profiles into their applicable subprojects.} related projects Assassinated Asphyxiated Clergycide Eldercide Family killing family Femicide
Family killing family==Do you have ancestors who have killed each other? This could be on purpose or by accident. I have found several of these tragedies in my own tree. ===notes===A familicide is a type of murder or murder-suicide in which at least one spouse and one or more children are killed, or in which a parent or parents and possibly other relatives such as siblings and grandparents are ...
Please add Geni profiles for our drowned ones to this project. Additional demographic data is especially appreciated as added resources.==Drowning==From Wikipedia Drowning is defined as respiratory impairment from being in or under a liquid. It is further classified by outcome into: death , ongoing health problems and no ongoing health problems . Using the term "near drowning" to refer to those...
This page is intended to stand as a memorial to the victims of murder in New Zealand. Please add names by year and then by date of murder. Please note that this page is a work in progress. There are separate pages, indexed on this page, for New Zealand mass murders (defined as the murder of four or more people at one time). Links New Zealand Cemeteries Index New Zealand Mass Murders New...
A stabbing is penetration with a sharp or pointed object at close range. Stab connotes purposeful action, as by an assassin or murderer, but it is also possible to accidentally stab oneself or others. Stabbing differs from slashing or cutting in that the motion of the object used in a stabbing generally moves perpendicular to and directly into the victim's body, rather than being drawn across i...
Cut-throats can be of homicidal, suicidal or accidental origin. In cases of death from a cut-throat, distinguishing the cause is one of the important functions in crime investigation. The features that differentiate suicidal and homicidal cut-throat injuries are the presence of hesitation cuts, depth of wound, signs of struggle, edges of the wound, etc. In the case of a suicidal cut-throat, it ...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006 SAPS 2005/06 "official" figures: 88 Murders from 636 Attacks There are 56 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 5 couples (farmer and wife) between 10/07/2005 - 08/02/2006 30 Victims were aged between 60 - 90 2005 April Catharina Elizabeth Ferreira (36) 11/04/2005 Hillcrest, KZN (tortured, stabbed to death) media article...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005 SAPS 2004/05 "official" figures: 82 Murders from 694 Attacks There are 70 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 4 couples (farmer and wife) between 12/04/2004 - 30/10/2004 27 Victims were aged between 60 - 99 2004 April Abel Fernandes Pardau (78) 07/04/2004 Farm Oorbietjiesfontein, Hartbeesfontein, NW (several stab wound...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 This project is intended to stand as a memorial to the victims of Farm Murders in South Africa. Contributions and any assistance is welcome. Please note that this project is a work in progress. SAPS 2002/03 "official" figures: 103 Murders from 903 Attacks There are 100 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 4 couples (farmer a...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004 SAPS 2003/04 "official" figures: 88 Murders from 773 Attacks There are 90 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 8 couples (farmer and wife) between April 2003 - 12/03/2004 41 Victims were aged between 60 - 82 2003 April Johan Kes van der Bank (38) 04/04/2003 Vereeniging, GP (shot dead on his dairy farm) media article ...
Indian Massacres Cultural clashes between European settlers and Natives lasted for over four hundred years, from isolated incidents to large scale, organized wars. If the casualty was a civilian, of any background, our goal is to capture their death in a project on this list of “Indian Massacres.” So please add profiles to the massacre projects listed below; those projects are also found in t...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 1997 to 31 March 1998 TAU (Transvaal Agricultural Union) 1997/98: 153 Murders SAPS 1997/98 "official" figures: 153 Murders from 490 Attacks Archived SAPS website There are 92 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 8 couples (farmer and wife) between 25/08/1997 - 17/03/1998 34 Victims were aged between 60 - 92 1997 April Andries Marthi...
This is an "umbrella" project. Please do not add profiles; please do start related projects, and index them below. Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. --Lord ActonPower kills; absolute power kills absolutely.-- powerkills website ===Mass murder by a state===From Wikipedia Mass murder may also be defined as the intentional and indiscriminate murder of a large number o...
=Unnatural death= is a category used by coroners or Medical Examiners and vital statistics specialists for classifying all human deaths not properly describable as death by natural causes. Hence it would include events such as:* accident * Drug Overdose * attacked by an animal * killed by a mob * execution * homicide * medical error * misadventure* State-sponsored mass murder
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 27/11/2022: TLU South Africa statistics indicate that 2,204 people have been killed on farms since 1990. In 2002, a total of 119 people were killed on farms, of whom 82 were farmers. This is the most murders recorded in one year during this 32-year period. * 28/02/2023: AfriForum launched its latest report on farm attacks and murders. Out of all th...
The Murder of the Prince Abbot of Fulda in 1271. After Bertho II von Leibloz killed their relative the von Ebersberg family swear revenge. Include the victim and his murderers. Hermann von Ebersberg gennant Weyers publicly executed 1270 in Fulda by Bertho II The two brothers involved with murder Albert von Ebersberg Heinrich von Ebersberg Weyher, Fulda 1270 -- References and sources.
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 There are 63 Victims remembered in this Project This figure includes 5 couples (farmer and wife) between 26/07/2020 - 14/12/2020 35 Victims were aged between 60 - 87 2020 April Female Victim (71) 18/04/2020 Impendle, KZN (died of a heart attack after forced to watch a man rape her 3 granddaughters) media link , media link May Patricia...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 SAPS 2006/07 "official" figures: 86 Murders from 636 Attacks There are 71 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 3 couples (farmer and wife) between 30/05/2006 - 17/12/2006 26 Victims were aged between 60 - 81 2006 April Karel Johannes Fourie (70) 02/04/2006 Melmoth, KZN (shot dead) media article Kobus Cronjé (45) 21/0...
Femicide or feminicide is a hate crime which is broadly defined as "the intentional killing of women or girls because they are female", with definitions varying based on cultural context. In 1976, the feminist author Diana E. H. Russell first defined the term as "the killing of females by males because they are female." A spouse or partner is responsible in almost 40% of homicides involving...