Case file · Apparition / miracle

The Israelites of Bulhoek

Followers of the prophet Enoch Mgijima, who had visions of the end times, gathered at Ntabelanga to await the Last Days; on 24 May 1921 police opened fire, killing about 163.

1921 CE · -32.05, 26.80 · status: account

The account

Mgijima had seen visions of baboons and a coming judgement. His Israelites refused to leave the land they occupied to keep the Passover. The massacre became one of the Union of South Africa's worst acts of state violence.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Bulhoek massacre
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