Editing Morné Harmse (section)

==Aftermath==
After Morné was taken into custody by police, he was sent to a mental hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. He stayed there for two months and doctors found out that he had many mental health issues and personal struggles. During evaluation, he claimed that he saw ghosts in a field on the smallholding his parents were renting at the time. Police than searched his room and found a oujia board, a spell book, a drawn pentagram, and a drawing of a school building plan with people's names on it, likely a hitlist. 


On April 14, 2009, Morné went to his trial and pleaded guilty to all charges. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. However he did not say exactly what his motivation ways and the exact motive remains a mystery. His family, students at Nic Diederichs High, and families of the victims attended the court. It was also reported that Liza (Morné's mom) and family of Jacques Pretorius cried as soon as Morné walked into the court room. Liza and Miciel Harmse issued an apology to the Pretorius family shortly after.


Slipknot were blamed for the attack, as well as Satanism and other media. It caused a short moral panic, especially in South Africa, about how young people "are influenced by the media they consume". Corey Taylor, lead singer of Slipknot, commented on the attack saying:

{{Quote|Obviously, I'm disturbed by the fact that people were hurt and someone died. As far as my responsibility for that goes, it stops there, because I know our message is actually very positive. I'm not encouraging anybody to kill anyone. I encourage our fans to express themselves, to stick together and to help each other.|Corey Taylor}}