/ 31 October 2001

MUTILATED BODY FOUND IN JOHANNESBURG

A mutilated and badly decomposed body of an 11-year-old boy was found at Riverside Estate, north of Johannesburg, on Wednesday evening, police reported. Inspector Anton Breedt said the body was found by a worker at the estate. The child was reported missing on October 22. The boy’s hands, feet and genitals were missing. Breedt said police had not ruled out a possibility of muti murder. – Sapa