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Kids find hijacked man's body
11/05/2006 22:19 - (SA)
Johannesburg - Schoolchildren stumbled across the body of hijacked Lenasia motorist Thameshan Arungasamy, 19, in the veld in De Deur on Thursday afternoon, said police.
He had been shot at least once in the head, said senior superintendent Mary Martins-Engelbrecht.
Arungasamy went missing eight days ago. He was last seen in his father's car with a friend, Romeo Padayachee, 20, on the night of Wednesday, May 3.
Padayachee was found shot dead alongside Grasmere Road the next morning during a police search launched after the car was found abandoned in Lenasia.
Martins-Engelbrecht said two Eldorado Park people were arrested that day and a third was taken into custody in Lenasia South on Saturday.
All three appeared in Vereeniging magistrate's court on Monday on two charges of murder, two of kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstances, possession of a fire-arm and ammunition without a licence.
They were remanded and the case postponed to May 19.
Martins-Engelbrecht said the search for Arungasamy continued unsuccessfully.
His body was found by schoolchildren in the veld near the Sweet Waters informal settlement on Thursday afternoon. The pupils called the police.
She said the motive for the murders was not yet known.
- SAPA
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