Police have launched an investigation in the Free State after a decomposing arm was found in an open field near a bus stop.
Police have launched an investigation in the Free State after a decomposing arm was found in an open field near a bus stop.
According to Provincial Police Lieutenant General Baile Motswenyane, a man was walking through a field in Thaba Bosiu village near Motloang on Tuesday when he made the gruesome discovery.
The severed left leg was found near the local bus stop around 3pm and appears to have been amputated just below the elbow.
Members of Namahadi Vispol’s crime prevention unit launched an investigation following the discovery.
“Following the discovery, SAPS members, supported by volunteers from the local community, conducted an extensive search of the surrounding bushes and fields,” Motswenyane said, adding that despite these efforts “the remainder of the body has not yet been located”.
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Police have urged members of the community who may have information about a missing person or who may have witnessed suspicious activity in the Thaba Bosiu area to contact them.
In a separate incident, Free State police arrested a 37-year-old man after two men were shot dead in Odendaalsrus last week.
Motswenyane said the men, aged 23 and 24, were fatally shot in the chest after an argument.
“The motive for the murders will form part of the police investigation,” the report said.
The suspect was subsequently arrested and charged with murder.
Alex Patrick
www.news24.com
