Convicted killer of anti-apartheid hero stabbed in South African jail

Several marches were planned this week over the court’s decision to release Janusz Walus.

Janusz Walus (Cobus Bodenstein/AP)

The convicted killer of South African anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani has been stabbed in prison, two days before he was due to be released on parole, authorities said.

Janusz Walus, a 69-year-old Polish national, was set to be released on Thursday after the country’s Constitutional Court last week ordered his release on parole within 10 days.