ROOPLALL, Sanjay

Age 15

Description
Was stabbed during political riots in Phoenix, Durban, on 13 August 1985. With two other family members, he was then taken to nearby Amatikwe, where all three were burnt to death. IFP supporters were carrying out a series of sustained attacks on Indian families and traders in Phoenix at the time, following the killing of UDF leader Victoria Mxenge in Umlazi on 1 August. Forty-seven shops were looted and razed by fire. Five hundred Indian families fled from the area.