South Africa mystery after police officers found dead

Police in South Africa are looking for solutions after the our bodies of three cops – who had been lacking for six days – have been present in a river.

Boipelo Senoge, aged 20, Cebekhulu Linda, 24, and 30-year-old Keamogetswe Buys have been final seen leaving a petroleum station close to Johannesburg final Wednesday.

Their our bodies have been found by divers round 70km (43 miles) away in Hennops river, together with the stays of two different unnamed individuals.

The police initially mentioned they have been investigating a case of “doable hijacking and kidnapping” however on Tuesday mentioned they might not speculate whether or not or not the deaths have been unintended.

The three cops – all constables – have been travellng in a white VW Polo after they went lacking, a police assertion mentioned.

Their car monitoring gadget and cellphones have been off since then.

A search workforce subsequently “spent sleepless nights combing the size and breadth” of the Gauteng, Free State and Limpopo provinces, ultimately discovering elements of a car “believed to be” a VW Polo, mentioned nationwide police commissioner Fannie Masemola.

A Renault Kangoo van was then discovered close by on the banks of Hennops river, within the municipality of Centurion.

The three officers have been travelling from Free State to Limpopo, after they have been went lacking.

Divers searched that a part of the river and recovered 5 our bodies between Monday and Tuesday.

Together with the three constables, the divers discovered the stays of a police admin clerk, who has not been named. The clerk had been driving the Renault van, mentioned Gen Masemola.

He added that the fifth physique was decomposed and had not but been recognized.

The police are nonetheless in search of the VW Polo that the officers have been travelling in.

The seek for the lacking cops has been adopted carefully by the South African public and prayers for the three constables had been circulating throughout social media.

After the our bodies have been discovered, devastated family members gathered alongside the banks of the Hennops river, holding candles.

In an tackle on Tuesday, Gen Masemola mentioned: “We do not wish to speculate at this stage what led to the invention of those our bodies on this river, whether or not it was an accident or not, our investigation will reveal these features as soon as we discover their car.”

This marks a major change in tone from Sunday, when the commissioner mentioned: “We can not have criminals undermine the authority of the state by kidnapping three cops. That is only a stern warning to these behind this incident, both you hand yourselves over, or we’ll fetch you ourselves.”