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Sep 2022
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September 29th: Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode Arrested (1995)

Today’s story is a short one. It, however, has no shortage of victims in a grisly case that saw the deaths of 18 men and women over the course of just 2 years. On September 29th 1995 a dangerous man, one who terrified a small town still reeling from the apartheid, was finally arrested for good and placed behind bars. 

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Information for this episode collected from:
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