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Satanist with 666 tattooed on forehead jailed
09 Aug 2015 at 07:45hrs | Views
A 33-year-old South African Satanist with "666" tattooed on his forehead has been sent behind bars for three murders he committed on apparent instruction from "the beast".
According to News24, Themba Vilakazi, claimed that he killed three people in 2005, including an 11-year-old child, because he was a Satanist and had received "instructions from the beast on who to kill."
Prosecutor Bakedi Moake said the first victim was an unknown man who was stabbed 54 times on July 23, 2005. Michael Mokaba was killed on August 11 and had been stabbed 24 times.
Mokaba had apparently spotted Vilakazi and others practicing voodoo near Pretoria Zoo. The group grabbed the victim and stabbed him multiple times in the neck and chest.
Vilakazi was arrested in 2012 when a policeman on patrol in Pretoria became suspicious when he saw the suspect walking through the city's streets. He was arrested and drugs were found on him.
DNA tests linked Vilakazi to three murders.
Vilakazi was found to have faked a mental illness and members of the Occult Killing Investigative Team had disproved his theory of being a Satanist.
According to News24, Themba Vilakazi, claimed that he killed three people in 2005, including an 11-year-old child, because he was a Satanist and had received "instructions from the beast on who to kill."
Prosecutor Bakedi Moake said the first victim was an unknown man who was stabbed 54 times on July 23, 2005. Michael Mokaba was killed on August 11 and had been stabbed 24 times.
Mokaba had apparently spotted Vilakazi and others practicing voodoo near Pretoria Zoo. The group grabbed the victim and stabbed him multiple times in the neck and chest.
Vilakazi was arrested in 2012 when a policeman on patrol in Pretoria became suspicious when he saw the suspect walking through the city's streets. He was arrested and drugs were found on him.
DNA tests linked Vilakazi to three murders.
Vilakazi was found to have faked a mental illness and members of the Occult Killing Investigative Team had disproved his theory of being a Satanist.
Source - News24
