Ekurhuleni – Police are investigating six cases of murder after six bodies, possibly illegal miners, were found in an open veld next to a railway line in Benoni in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng police said on Sunday.
A passer-by called police after he came across the bodies at about 9am on Sunday, police said in a statement. "Police found that all [the] bodies have gunshot wounds on the upper body.
It is suspected that the deceased were killed elsewhere and taken to where they were found as they were put in a pattern. It is also suspected that the deceased are illegal miners.
"The motive for the killings is still unknown and the bodies are not yet identified. Police have opened six cases of murder. Investigation is continuing," the statement said.