Four bodies in five days in Pretoria
"The decomposed body of an unknown man was found floating in a dam in Nellmapius."
The discovery of a decomposed body floating in a dam in Nellmapius on Wednesday afternoon makes it the fourth body to be retrieved by the Tshwane diving team over the past five days.
Silverton police spokesperson Warrant Officer Isaac Mcunu said an anonymous source reported the body at around 12:00.
The dam is located at Serumula Street.
“We investigating an inquest docket,” he said.
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As previously reported, four other bodies were recovered by the diving team since Sunday throughout Tshwane.
On Tuesday, Rekord reported on a body that was retrieved by the team in a dam on a smallholding close to Kiewiet Road in the north of Pretoria.
On Sunday morning, a body was recovered by the team at Bronkhorstspruit Dam on the nature conservation side.
Reportedly, the man drowned on Thursday 12 November as he was laying illegal fishing nets when his canoe overturned.
Later that same day, Sinoville police spokesperson Johan van Dyk said that community members discovered another body.
Van Dyk said that community members made the gruesome discovery while taking a shortcut through a field.
“The body must have been there for days as it was difficult to identify the man due to the state of decomposition,” he said.
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