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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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