Suspects sought after being caught attempting to exhume body in graveyard near White River
The suspects were disturbed in the process of trying to illegally exhume the body of a 19-year-old man.
The Masoyi police near White River said they are investigating a “bizarre incident” in which two suspects had been digging up the body of a man who was buried in the Jerusalem graveyard last month.
A provincial police spokesperson, Brigadier Selvy Mohlala, said Masoyi residents had been preparing for a funeral at the Jerusalem graveyard in the early hours of Wednesday December 14 when they spotted two men digging up a grave.
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Mohlala said the men fled when they saw the residents, and the Masoyi police were called.
He said when the police arrived, they discovered a panga, a spade and a bag that allegedly contains muti.
He said the grave that had been disturbed is a 19-year-old man’s, who was buried on November 23.
