A convicted South African killer who gunned down dozens of black men while working as a security guard during the apartheid era has said police condoned his actions. Louis van Schoor, known as “the man with the beard”, described as the country’s most prolific mass murderer, said others should share responsibility for the killings which saw him shoot people, including a 12-year-old boy, over a three-year period in the 1980s when he worked guarding white businesses in the South African town of East London. The 73-year-old ex-policeman, who was convicted of seven murders, has now told a BBC investigation that the local police knew what he was doing and supported him, but also actively encouraged him. “Every officer in East London knew what was going on… every police officer knew. Not once did anyone say, “hey Louis, are you on the edge or should you chill” or anything… everyone knew what […]
Source: News Beast
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