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Afrikaner student Dane van Zyl stabbed to death, Woodstock
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2010-04-30 Dane Van Zyl, 21, Afrikaans UNISA student, stabbed to death, near Woodstock police station Cape Town – hailed from Northern Cape
May 1 2010 – Dane van Zyl, 21, an Afrikaner student from Kimberley in the Northern Cape , was brutally attacked and murdered on Thursday morning during an armed attack by an unknown person who broke into the house he shared with his brother and friend – located only 500m from the Woodstock police station in Cape Town.
The Afrikaans student in business management at UNISA was repeatedly stabbed in the neck, chest and legs sometime between 7:15 am and 10 am. He shared the home with his brother Uriah, a builder (picture on Cape Times front page) and his brother’s friend.
Since 2006, at least two white academics and two students from the University of Cape Town have been murdered in the same area; as well as SAPS warrant-officer Lourens le Roux, gunned down right in front of the Woodstock police station.
Van Zyl's brother, Uriah, 26, (picture left) said he and his friend had left for work at about 07:15. Both are builders. Uriah returned home at 10am. "When I unlocked the front door, I found my brother in a pool of blood on the floor. There were several knife wounds to his body. There was blood everywhere," he said. Uriah carried his brother to his bakkie and raced to the nearby Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital, where he died shortly after his arrival.
When reporters arrived on the scene, several shocked friends were supporting Uriah and hugging him. His brother's blood was all over his clothes. Uriah said his brother was a warm, loving person who cared for others. "Everyone liked him. He would never hurt anyone."
Their parents left the Northern Cape on Thursday for Cape Town. They live near Kimberley. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Student-murdered-in-Woodstock-20100430
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