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Apartheid-era killer of South African icon Hani released on parole

FILE PHOTO: Protesters gather at the gates of the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre during a demonstration against the parole of Janusz Walus who murdered anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani in 1993, in Pretoria, South Africa, November, 30, 2022. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham/File Photo

Janusz Walus, a far-right extremist who assassinated South African anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani nearly thirty years ago, has been released on parole, authorities said on Wednesday.

A Polish citizen who emigrated to South Africa in 1981, Walus, 69, was granted parole by the Constitutional Court in late November after serving nearly 30 years of his life sentence for Hani's murder.

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