Elias Xitavhudzi

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Elias Xitavhudzi was a serial killer who murdered 16 men and women in Atteridgeville, South Africa in the 1950s. Targeting only white males and females in a strictly-segregated community, his killing spree caused a local sensation during the peak years of South Africa's apartheid regime.

Prior to his capture, he acquired the nickname "Pangaman" (panga being a local word for the machete with which he mutilated his victims). Following his conviction, he was sentenced to death and hanged on 14 November 1960.

Xitavhudzi was the second in a series of at least a half-dozen serial killers to have plagued the township of Atteridgeville.^[1]

References

↑ Newton, Michael (2006). The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. Infobase. pp. 207, 246. ISBN 9780816069873.

Persondata
Name	Xitavhudzi, Elias
Alternative names	Pangaman
Short description	South African serial killer
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	14 November 1960
Place of death	Pretora

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