THE bodies of two men with their hands bound were found in a burning tools container at a construction site on Elgin Road near Great North Road on Thursday morning.
Emergency services were called to the scene for a reported “house fire” at around 1:30am, said Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services` (DEMS) spokesman, William Ntladi.
On arrival at the scene, EMS found it was not a house fire but a construction site, where a huge tools container was well alight. After extinguishing the blaze, two bodies were found.
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“Two male bodies were discovered inside a container with both individuals’ hands tied at the back. One other patient was medically treated on scene for full thickness burn wounds by paramedics and transported to Tambo Memorial Hospital in critical conditions for further medical care,” he explained.
Ntladi said the surviving victim was found a few metres away from the container with 100 percent third degree burns.
“The scene was handed over to the police and an inquest docket has been opened to probe the cause of fire and deaths,” added Ntladi.
Kempton Park SAPS spokesman, Capt Jethro Mtshali, said two counts of murder, attempted murder and possible business robbery were being investigated.
