Editing Morné Harmse (section)

==Early life and Character==
Morné was born sometime in 1989 to the parents of Machiel and Liza Harmse. He also had a younger brother with a similar sounding name, Corné.  He grew up in a strict family and his father would often abuse him by using corporal punishment against him. In school, Morné was often bullied and picked on a lot due to his small size and thin body compared to other boys in his school. Because of this, he was an easy target for bullies to pick on. His parents talked with his teachers and the school about the situation but it did not really help as the bullying still continued. However, he still had a group of friends.


In school he was described as "quiet" and "well mannered". His parents later said that they thought he was not capable of ever doing such harm. Outside of school, Morné had obsession's with melee weapons, particularly swords, and "being a ninja". He would often practice doing "ninja stunts" and combat with samurai swords (Katanas) and knives. He had been gifted two katanas from his family, and one he had bought with his own money. 


In his older years, he got into Satanism, even owning a Ouija board and a spell book. He also started listening to the band Slipknot and got some of his friends into them as well. He would also make masks resembling those worn by members of the band such as Corey Taylors's, Shawn Crahans's, and Joey Jordinsons's, as well as others. Morné also allegedly was inspired by Columbine shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. He and his friends wanted to be like them and do an attack in a similar style and get revenge on everyone at their school.  One of his friends, Shaun Collins said that Morné said he used words like "masquerade" and "bloodbath" to describe the attack. He and two of his friends started planning an attack. Morné was going to bring three masks and three katanas, one friend was going to bring a homemade bomb, and the other was going to bring a gun from home. This would have occurred on August 17, 2008.


Fortunately, the other boys did not take this very seriously and thought that Morné was just joking around as they did not bring anything or engage in the attack on that day.