Elias Xitavhudzi
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Elias Xitavhudzi was a serial killer who murdered 16 people in Atteridgeville, South Africa in the 1960s. Targeting only white females in a strictly-segregated community, his killing spree caused a tremendous sensation locally. Prior to his capture, he acquired the nickname "Pangaman", panga being a local word for the machete with which he mutilated his victims. Upon capture, he was immediately sentenced to death and executed. However, Xitavhudzi was to be only the second in a series of at least a half-dozen serial killers to have plagued the township of Atterdgeville. (Newton 1999, p. 246)
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- The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Michael Newton, p207, 246 ISBN 0-8160-3979-8
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