Many social media users have reacted with suspicion to news of the apparent suicide of The Lost Boys Of Bird Island co-author Mark Minnie in the Eastern Cape.
The former policeman, who co-wrote a sensational book about an alleged paedophile ring involving National Party cabinet ministers, reportedly died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Minnie is believed to have been visiting at a friend's farm at the time of his death.
Police have confirmed Minnie's death and say that no foul play is suspected.
Devastated by the news that Mark Minnie co-author of Lost Boys of Bird Island has been found dead in the Eastern Cape from an apparent suicide....something is amiss
— MarianneThamm (@MarianneThamm) August 14, 2018
What is even more disturbing is that there is such a group of people in the shadows that are this threatened by the book, and still have the capability to silence people.
— Dirk Strauss (@DirkStrauss) August 14, 2018
Pedophilia and power make a very dangerous combination. Protect Chris at all costs!
— Alicelmy (@alicelmy52) August 14, 2018
#thelostboysofbirdisland CO-author Mark Minnie found dead. Police don’t suspect foul play. How could it NOTbe foul play?
— Tamsin Freemantle (@tamfreemantle) August 14, 2018
Mark Minnie bravely exposed the horrendous truth with his co-author. Speculation unwise, but why commit suicide shortly after release of an acclaimed book? This needs intense scrutiny. Sympathies to his family. #RIPMarkMinnie https://t.co/f8hz2mDIDh
— Simon Grindrod (@SimonPGrindrod) August 14, 2018
So the Author of the Apartheid Pedophile book "The Lost Boys of Bird Island", Mark Minnie has been "offed". One week after he released the book.
— Lusso🇿🇦🇸🇿🌡️ (@1st_Vince) August 14, 2018
Mark MInnie has been assassinated. Apartheid is still engraved in the heart of many South Africans. https://t.co/wPzYu9Bm53
— Bilal_Oliver (@Bogozola) August 14, 2018
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