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FRANSCH, Anton

Age 20

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An MK operative who was killed in a hand grenade explosion on 17 November 1989 in Athlone, Cape Town. A large group of named police and soldiers surrounded the house and engaged in an exchange of fire with Mr Fransch throughout the night. It could not be determined whether his death was the result of a final act of suicide or from a police grenade.

... had no weapons on him at the time, making the single hand grenade allegedly found in his possession suspect. Nkululeko ‘Solly’ Mutsi and Anton Fransch Mr Nkululeko ‘Solly’ Mutsi and Mr Anton Fransch died in similar circumstances in shoot-outs with police. Mutsi died on 5 July 1988 in ...
Anton Fransch 374 Twenty-year-old Anton Fransch [CT03204/FLA] died after a six-hour gun battle with the police on 17 November 1989 at a house in Athlone, Cape Town. A Riot Squad sergeant was finally authorised to throw a grenade into his room, but security forces allege that, before it was ...
... 1986 and early 1990, namely Mr Norman Petersen, Mr Zola Dubeni, Mr Ashley Kriel, Mr Mthetheleli Gcina, Mr Nkululeko ‘Solly’ Mutsi, Mr Anton Fransch, Mr Samuel Baloi, Ms Coline Williams and Mr Robert Waterwitch. This figure does not include the Gugulethu Seven, who were not technically MK ...
... Bernard Gordon FOSTER, Anne FOURIE, Dries FOURIE, Lindy-Anne FOURIE, Mark Dirk FOURIE, Petrus Johannes FRANCE, Thamsanqa Anderson FRANCIS, Marie FRANSCH, Anton FREDERICKS, Hendrik FRIDIE, Abdul Karriem FROMENA, Ngubane FULA, Sam Thamsanqa FULANI, Aubrey Jacob FULANI, Nokuzola Carol-Anne ...
... the better known events referred to in the hearing included the ambush and killing of the ‘Guguletu Seven’, the shoot-out and killing of Anton Fransch in Athlone and the shooting of Yvette Otto in Valhalla Park. The hearing also drew attention to the death of Looksmart Ngudle, the first ...
 
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