The South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed the deaths of three lacking police constables -Keamogetswe Buys (30), Boipelo Senoge (20), and Cebekhulu Linda (24) – whose our bodies had been found within the Hennops River in Centurion close to the N1 freeway on Monday and Tuesday.
Nationwide Police Commissioner, Common Fannie Masemola, addressed the media on the scene, confirming that the constables, who went lacking on Wednesday, 23 April, have been recognized, together with two extra our bodies, one being an admin clerk from Lyttleton Police Station.
The officers had been off responsibility, travelling from Bloemfontein to their space of deployment in Limpopo in a white VW Polo sedan, which stays unaccounted for.
Our bodies had been discovered
A high-level multi-agency search effort involving SAPS items, the HAWKS, cybercrime specialists, drone pilots, and air assist led investigators from the Grasmere Toll Plaza to Centurion, the place the automobile wreckage and our bodies had been discovered.
Among the many recovered objects had been:
- Items of a VW Polo, discovered alongside the N1.
- A Renault Kangoo panel van, believed to have belonged to the admin clerk.
- 5 our bodies, together with:
- Constable Boipelo Senoge
- Constable Cebekhulu Linda
- Constable Keamogetswe Buys
- The Lyttleton-based police admin clerk
- An unidentified decomposed physique, below forensic investigation
Commissioner Masemola mentioned: “It’s with deep sorrow that I affirm that our three members have been discovered… We had hoped to search out them protected, unhurt, and alive. Sadly, this isn’t the case. Our investigation will proceed, and we’re nonetheless looking for the VW Polo.”
Police divers from SAPS and Tshwane, assisted by aerial and cyber-intelligence groups, situated the victims following a meticulous examination of proof and ideas. The victims’ households have been notified and recognized the our bodies on the mortuary.
Whereas the reason for the incident stays undetermined, SAPS emphasised that no hypothesis shall be made till the automobile is recovered and investigations are full.
Commissioner Masemola prolonged his condolences, saying: “We’re relieved to offer painful closure to the households and the SAPS household, and we thank all concerned within the search operation. Investigations are ongoing.”
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