full_name: Joachim Martinus Nel
firstname: Joachim Martinus
description: A member of the SAP who was shot dead by a captured MK operative being transported in the back of a police vehicle in Messina, Tvl, on 26 December 1986. A colleague was shot dead in the incident. The MK operative escaped, was recaptured and sentenced to death, but was later released as a political prisoner. The MK operative was granted amnesty for the incident (AC/2001/093). 