Mpumalanga police spokesman Colonel Donald Mdhluli says the investigation around the murder of two women found dead with gunshot wounds in an abandoned BMW next to the N4 on Sunday morning is still too sensitive to divulge any information on how the police probe is progressing.

A provincial task team has been established to investigate the circumstances around the brutal murders, with Mdhluli saying top detectives had been roped in to assist.

The Middelburg Observer posed a series of scenarios to Mdhluli based on information received by various sources regarding the owner and driver of the vehicle in which the bodies of the two women were discovered by a K9 unit on patrol close to the Alzu Petroport, where the vehicle was found with its hazard lights on.

Mdhluli would not confirm, nor deny, that any of the information the Observer had received from the sources was true.

Photos of the scene clearly show the vehicle riddled with bullet holes, suggesting that the victims were shot from the outside of the vehicle.

Mdhluli also declined to comment on whether any bullet casings were found inside the vehicle.

He could, however, confirm that two number plates were found inside a suitcase in the vehicle.

Photos show the plates had possibly been removed before the murders because the vehicle did not have plates when the bodies were discovered shortly before 09:00.

One of the victims was found in the front passenger seat of the vehicle, while the other was found slumped over in the backseat.

Both had sustained multiple gunshot wounds, including to their heads.

It is believed that the victims, who are yet to be formally identified, were offered a ride home from an event before the killings.

When the vehicle was discovered, the driver was nowhere to be found.

“We have full confidence that a breakthrough is imminent,” Mdhluli said.