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NEWSFLASH: Hammanskraal plot worker hacked to death

The motive of the gruesome killing remains unknown.

A man was found murdered on a plot where he worked in Hammanskraal on Thursday evening.

The 26-year-old was allegedly found with injuries to his upper body.

Police said they suspected he was hacked to death with a panga.

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“The police were called around 10:00 after the neighbour found a man in a pool of blood,” spokesperson Constable Herman Moremi said.

A neighbour alleged the plot owner had called the deceased to ask him to check on the house – also on the plot – but the man had not answered his phone.

“When the owner arrived at the house,  he found the door forced open and the deceased on the floor,” Moremi said.

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Gauteng police spokesperson Lungelo Dlamini said the motive of the murder was unknown.

“No arrests have been made,” he said.

He confirmed a case of murder was under investigation.

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