Sizzlers massacre
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.[1][2]
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.[3][4] 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.[4] Judge Nathan Erasmus described it as the "worst massacre that Cape Town and the country has ever seen."[1]
Woest and Theys were both found guilty of 9 counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, and sentenced to life in prison.[5]
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