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Human Skull With Suspected Bullet Holes and Cable Ties Found in Mpumalanga Field, Police Investigate
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Human Skull With Suspected Bullet Holes and Cable Ties Found in Mpumalanga Field, Police Investigate

by  Bianca Lalbahadur 2 min read
  • Police are investigating a presumed murder after a human skull was discovered near in a farm in Delmas, Mpumalanga
  • The skull had two small holes and police believe that the person was shot in their head and tied up with cable ties that were found near the remains
  • A torn black jacket, and black pants were also found next to the remains and the gender has not yet been determined by police

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MPUMALANGA - A human skull with two small holes was discovered near a farm in Delmas, Mpumalanga. The person who made the horrific finding was collecting wood in the area.

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Police have launched an investigation upon discovering a human skull. Image: Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images
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Police believe that the holes suggest that the person had been shot in the head. According to TimesLIVE, cable ties were also attached to the remains. Police believe that the person could have been tied up, and the possibility of murder is being investigated.

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Near the skeletal remains, a torn black jacket, and black pants were found. Police call on people who know of anyone who was wearing similar clothes when they went missing to come forward.

The gender of the person has not yet been determined, SowetanLIVE reported.

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Protea Glen: Woman’s head found in shallow grave, potential link to body parts in fridge

In a related matter, Briefly News also reported a woman's remains were discovered in a fridge in Soweto and now police have confirmed that a human head has been found too. The police have reason to believe that the head that was found belongs to the woman whose body was discovered on the weekend. Flavio Hlabangwane, a 26-year-old man, has been arrested in connection with the case.

His girlfriend was the person who alerted the police to the human remains in his fridge, which she had opened while he wasn't home. Protea Glen residents have suffered trauma as a result of learning that their neighbour had human body parts in his fridge.

Source: Briefly News

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Bianca Lalbahadur Bianca Lalbahadur is a current affairs journalist at Briefly News. With a knack for writing hard-hitting content, she is dedicated to being the eyes and ears of South Africans. As a young and vibrant journalist, Bianca is passionate about providing quality and factual stories that impact citizens. She graduated from the Independent Institute of Education in 2017 and has worked at several award-winning Caxton associated community newspapers.

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