Five boys are believed to have been murdered after a traditional initiation ceremony near Heidelberg on Gauteng’s East Rand, police said on Tuesday.
Representative, Annaline Prinsloo, said another 20 boys who attended the ceremony were still missing.
”It is not clear how they died, but the police suspect that these boys had been murdered,” she said.
Prinsloo said the first body was discovered outside Heidelberg on Monday night.
The police found four more bodies on Tuesday
morning.
”It’s a mountainous area and not easily accessible.
”We do not know where the other 20 boys are who took part in the initiation ceremony.”
She said a police helicopter was on its way to the scene where the bodies were found on Tuesday morning. – Sapa