Sizzlers massacre

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Sizzlers massacre
Part of the history of Cape Town
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Sea Point
Sea Point (South Africa)
Location7 Graham Street, Sea Point, Cape Town [1] [2]
Coordinates 33°54′51″S18°23′23″E / 33.9141°S 18.3898°E / -33.9141; 18.3898
Date20 January 2003
WeaponsGuns, knives
Deaths9
Injured1
VictimsWarren Visser
Aubrey Otgaar
Sergio de Castro
Stephanus Fouche
Johan Meyer
Gregory Berghau
Travis Reade
Timothy Boyd
Marius Meyer [1]
PerpetratorsAdam Roy Woest
Trevor Basil Theys [1] [3]

The Sizzlers massacre took place in Sea Point, Cape Town on 20 January 2003. Nine people were murdered and one person was severely injured in a hate crime against the queer community. [4] [5]

The victims were shot and killed at a gay massage parlour named Sizzlers at 7 Graham Road. Adam Roy Woest and Trevor Basil Theys were convicted for the crime. [1] [3] Woest stated that the initial reason for targeting the massage parlour was to rob it and steal money that Woest and Theys believed was held onsite. [3] Judge Nathan Erasmus described it as the "worst massacre that Cape Town and the country has ever seen." [4]

Woest and Theys were both found guilty of 9 counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, and sentenced to life in prison. [6]

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References

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  6. Staff Reporter (16 March 2004). "Sizzlers killers get life". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 23 October 2023.