Complex sentence: As the government's net draws closer, Manfred attempts to assassinate Jan Smuts, intending to use his death as a signal for the Ossewabrandwag to rise up and overthrow the government, but mistakenly kills Sir Garrick Courtney, Shasa's grandfather and Centaine's uncle.
Split into simpler sentences: As the government's net draws closer, Manfred attempts to assassinate Jan Smuts, intending to use his death as a signal for the Ossewabrandwag to rise up and overthrow the government. However, he mistakenly kills Sir Garrick Courtney, Shasa's grandfather and Centaine's uncle.