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21 corpses found in mass grave
21/09/2007 20:09 - (SA)
Rustenburg - A mass grave of 21 bodies was found outside Rustenburg on Friday in a search for five bodies of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) cadres, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said.
Spokesperson Tlali Tlali said the bodies of children, young women and men were discovered in Lethabong village in North West.
"While searching for five MK cadres buried at the site, the task team stumbled on a mass grave with the 21 bodies," he said.
"There are no signs of bullet or any other wounds on the bodies; it appears that this had been a site for pauper burials."
On the exhumation of the MK cadres, Tlali said only four bodies had been exhumed. They were still looking for the fifth body.
On Wednesday, the NPA's missing persons task team discovered the remains of two young males with multiples bullet wounds.
On Friday, they found the remains of another two.
The cadres, who belonged to the armed wing of the African National Congress, are believed to have been killed by the apartheid security forces in 1985 and 1986, said Tlali.
The remains will be taken for forensic examination to establish whose remains they were and their next of kin would be located.
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