On 15 November 1988, a man named Barend Strydom carried out a shooting spree at Strijdom Square in central Pretoria, South Africa, killing 8 people and injuring 16 others. Seven of the victims were black, while one was Indian. Strydom was later convicted and sentenced to death for the attack. It was one of many shootings during the apartheid struggle. The square itself has since been renamed Lillian Ngoyi Square.