Convicted killer of antiapartheid hero stabbed

The convicted killer of anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani has been stabbed in prison two days before he was due to be released on parole. Prison authorities confirmed that Janusz Walus, a 69-year-old Polish national, was set for release on Thursday. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for Hani’s 1993 murder, which took place during a volatile political climate ahead of the country’s transition from apartheid to democracy and almost plunged the country into political violence. The Constitutional Court ordered last week that he should be released on parole within 10 days. A prisons spokesperson says Walus is in a stable condition and receiving medical attention from the prison medical services.