JANUSZ Walus, who is serving nearly three decades in jail for killing SACP leader Chris Hani, has been stabbed, the Department of Correctional Services confirmed on Tuesday.
The prison authorities said Walus was in a stable condition after he was stabbed earlier on Tuesday.
“The Department of Correctional Services is able to confirm an unfortunate stabbing incident involving inmate Janusz Walus,” it said in statement.
“It is alleged that Walus was stabbed by another inmate from the same housing unit. Stabbing and other forms of disturbances are offences not warranted in a correctional environment and this case will be investigated.”
Walus killed Hani in 1993 in a failed attempt to derail South Africa’s transition from white-minority rule to democratic rule.
He had been sentenced to death following his conviction in 1993, but it was later commuted to life after South Africa abolished the death penalty.
Last week, the Constitutional Court ordered the Department of Justice to release Walus on parole within 10 days.
Back in 2014, Correctional Services Department also confirmed that murderers of Chris Hani Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz Walus had been stabbed in prison.
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