QUIN, Phoenix

Age 1

Description
She survived an attack on 19 December 1985 in Maseru, Lesotho by Vlakplaas operatives in which both her parents were shot dead. Nine people were killed in the raid, three of whom were citizens of Lesotho. After the attack, the infant Phoenix was abandoned in the house with her dead parents for several hours. Five members of the Security Branch were granted amnesty for the killing of her parents while two, including the then Deputy Chief of the Security Police, were refused amnesty (AC/2001/231 and AC/2001/279).

TV Series Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report Glossary

Transcript of episode 4, section 3, starting at: 10:26

... to earn medals. To exiled South Africans living in neighbouring states, it only meant death and destruction. This is the tragic story of Jaquiline Quin, her husband Leon Meyer, also known as Joe, their daughter, Phoenix and a close family Quin. The place, a suburb of Maseru, the time 4 days ...

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Transcript of episode 15, section 6, starting at: 34:18

It was 1 am, December 20, 1985. A few days earlier their daughter Phoenix had her 1st birthday. Leon was in the bathroom when the house was attacked. Jacqui was murdered first. We could later see how Leon tried to break off the burglar bars. Bullets lay strewn in the bathroom and there were bullet ...

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Transcript of episode 6, section 6, starting at: 29:56

A few days before Christmas 1985, Jacqueline Quinn and her husband Leon Meyer were murdered by South African commandoes in their home on the outskirts of Maseru. Their baby daughter Phoenix witnessed the murder, but was found unhurt in her cot the next morning. During the Durban session of the ...

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