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Man found dead near Rooipoort rubbish dump

Police are investigating the murder of a 29-year-old man whose body was found near the Rooipoort municipal dumping site outside Blybank.

Bystanders discovered the body of a man in the veld near the Rooipoort rubbish dump near Blybank.

People walking in the area on August 9 contacted the police in Carletonville at 10:00.

When police members arrived at the site near the Rooipoort municipal dumping site, they found a man lying in a pool of blood.

The man had been stabbed near his left collarbone, and paramedics determined that he was already dead.
The deceased was 29-years-old.
Detectives started to investigate the murder and found that it might be related to the incident where a woman was raped at Madala Side earlier the same day.
Investigations are ongoing.

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Adele Louw

Adele has been in the community media since 1997, first in Mpumalanga and since 2008 in Gauteng, and is passionate about giving a voice to residents of all communities.

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