GRAPHIC CONTENT: Unknown male dead bodies discovered with gunshot wounds

Warning: The content contained within this article features imagery which readers may find disturbing.

Three unknown male dead bodies were discovered by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) inside an abandoned building in the Brakpan area this week.

WHEN WERE THE DEAD BODIES DISCOVERED?

On Monday 23 May 2023 at about 14:00, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Springs Precinct Officers, discovered the remains of three unknown males at the Withoek plots in the Brakpan area, the report stated.

As reporting for duty while travelling on 12th Road in Kwa-Thema, the officers were approached by two males who informed them about two unknown dead bodies of males suspected to have been shot and left inside an abounded building at Lucas Stein in Withoek Plots.

ALSO READ: RIP: Missing Tzaneen elderly man found floating in a dam

EMPD FINDS THE FIRST TWO REMAINS INSIDE A BUILDING

“The officers proceeded to the address and discovered that, indeed, there were two (2) unknown male dead bodies with what appears to be gunshot wounds inside the abounded building.
Furthermore, a third dead body that was badly burned was discovered in an open field not far from the first crime scene,” EMPD reported.

“All the necessary stakeholders were summoned to the scene, and a case of murder is opened at Tsakane police station.”

EMPD

ALSO READ: Missing Person Recovered at a Mortuary in KZN [RIP]

Although no arrests have been made, EMPD said the law enforcers are conducting thorough investigations.

ALSO READ: Fear as another child goes missing in Tembisa

HOW THE DOG NOTIFIED ITS OWNER ABOUT THE ARM

Meanwhile, on Monday, 24 April, Kwa-Thema police responded to a complaint after the traumatising discovery of a human hand by the dog which went looking for food.

It is alleged that the dog’s owner noticed his dog with a large bone in his mouth. On further investigation discovered that what he thought was an animal bone was, in fact, a human forearm and hand.

It is further reported that he instructed his dog to drop the arm and immediately contacted the local police.

ALSO READ: GRAPHIC CONTENT: Dog discovers decomposing mutilated body