Sizzlers massacre
2003 violence against the queer community in Cape Town, South Africa
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The Sizzlers massacre took place in Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa, on 20 January 2003. Nine people were murdered and one person was severely injured in a hate crime against the queer community.[4][5]
7 Graham Street, Sea Point, Cape Town[1][2]
| Sizzlers massacre | |
|---|---|
  Sea Point Sea Point (South Africa) | |
| Location | 33°54′51″S 18°23′23″E 7 Graham Street, Sea Point, Cape Town[1][2] |
| Date | 20 January 2003 |
| Weapons | Guns, knives |
| Deaths | 9 |
| Injured | 1 |
| Victims | Warren Visser Aubrey Otgaar Sergio de Castro Stephanus Fouche Johan Meyer Gregory Berghau Travis Reade Timothy Boyd Marius Meyer[1] |
| Perpetrators | Adam Roy Woest Trevor Basil Theys[1][3] |
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.[1][3] 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.[3] Judge Nathan Erasmus described it as the "worst massacre that Cape Town and the country has ever seen."[4]
Woest and Theys were both found guilty of 9 counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, and sentenced to life in prison.[6]