Vlakplaas

secret police unit in South Africa during the Apartheid era, official name C10 (for counterinsurgency), involved in mass extrajudicial killings/murders of opponents and dissidents, dissolved 1993
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Vlakplaas

Summary

Vlakplaas is a state terrorism[1]. Vlakplaas draws 128 Wikipedia views per month (state_terrorism category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vlakplaas is in the country of South Africa[3].
  • Vlakplaas's instance of is recorded as state terrorism[4].
  • Vlakplaas's instance of is recorded as extra-judicial killing[5].
  • Vlakplaas's instance of is recorded as covert operation[6].
  • Vlakplaas's instance of is recorded as black operation[7].
  • Vlakplaas's instance of is recorded as counter-insurgency[8].
  • Vlakplaas's location is recorded as Gauteng[9].
  • Vlakplaas's subclass of is recorded as South African Police[10].
  • Vlakplaas was dissolved in +1993-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Vlakplaas's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -25.8175, 'lon': 28.0282}[12].
  • Vlakplaas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026_gcl[13].

Why It Matters

Vlakplaas draws 128 Wikipedia views per month (state_terrorism category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] Vlakplaas has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Vlakplaas is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Vlakplaas. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/vlakplaas
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_vlakplaas_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Vlakplaas}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/vlakplaas}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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