Adriaan Vlok gave police orders to kill a cleric and later washed his feet to seek redemption.
A notorious police minister during white minority rule in South Africa, Adriaan Vlok, has died aged 85.
In its profile of him, South Africa History Online says his ministry was responsible for the detention of about 30,000 people as it tried to suppress the revolt against white minority rule. Vlok admitted that his police force had carried out bombings, including that of the headquarters of the South African Churches. He was given amnesty for making the confession.
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