Six young black males found killed execution-style: tied up, faces and skulls crushed with concrete blocks making them unrecognisable - Joostenbergvlakte, Kraaifontein, South Africa
10 december 2014 Passers-by have found the bodies of six men between the ages of 18 to 30 by the side of the road in Joostenbergvlakte in Kraaifontein.
Informed sources said that the men's faces and skulls were crushed with concrete-blocks, making them unrecognisable.
Their hands had been tied behind their backs and they had been murdered 'execution style'.
An official SA POLICE SERVICE statement said: "Earlier today, passers-by discovered the bodies of six unidentified men near a farm in Joostenberg Vlakte, Kraaifontein. They alerted the police who initiated an investigation. Six murder cases were opened for investigation."
Kraaifontein with about 154,615 residents (14.5% white, 40.2% coloured, 43.3%b black) of whom 45.5% are Afrikaans-speaking and 33.4% Xhosa-speaking, is located in Cape Town's northern suburbs also coloqually referred to as the Tygerberg region.
It flanks the N1 Highway towards Paarl and Worcester.
Since 2004 up to April 2014 there have been a total of 1,124 murders + 23 culpible homicides TOTALING 1,157 violent deaths in this policing district.
The Kraaifontein region is described by sociologists as a lower-middle class groups of suburbs. It is located in a region which has frequent flooding.
It has a population of about 155,000 people, (14.4 percent whites, 40.2% coloureds, 43.3% black-African). A total of 45.4 percent in Kraaifontein are Afrikaans-speaking whites and coloureds, and 33.4% are Xhosas).
This year up to April 2014, there have been 131 violent deaths in this region.
This year up to April 2014 there also were (29 culpible homicides + 112 murders) a total of 131 violent deaths;
There also were 138 attempted murders; 500 grievous assaults; 2,518 drug-related unspecified crimes;
Kraaifontein official crime stats: http://www.crimestatssa.com/precinct.php?id=1007
Police are appealing to members of the public who may have information about the circumstances of the killings to contact the investigating officer
Detective Warrant Officer van der Heever on 021 980 5558, alternatively Crime Stop on 08600 10111.
http://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraaifontein
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2014/12/10/six-bodies-found-by-side-of-road-in-western-cape
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