{"id":43270,"date":"2024-11-05T11:36:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T09:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/three-bodies-found-in-dam-with-vigilante-style-injuries-20241105\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T05:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T03:07:41","slug":"three-bodies-found-in-dam-with-vigilante-style-injuries-20241105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/three-bodies-found-in-dam-with-vigilante-style-injuries-20241105\/","title":{"rendered":"Three bodies found in dam with vigilante-style injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Three unidentified bodies were found with fatal injuries in a dam on a Botfontein Road farm. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Police are investigating possible vigilantism and are appealing to the community for any information. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Local officials are urging residents not to take justice into their own hands and to work with law enforcement.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The bodies of three unknown men were discovered this morning, around 08:30, at a dam on a farm in Botfontein Road with fatal injuries reminiscent of vigilantism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media spokesperson for the Western Cape police Colonel Andre Traut said police detectives were pursuing leads to determine what had transpired in Wallacedene, Kraaifontein that led to the death of the victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged the community to come forward with any information that could lead to an arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAny person who can shed light on the matter is kindly requested to contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or by using the mobile application My SAPS anonymously,\u201d Traut said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Western Cape Minister of Police Oversight and Community Safety Anroux Marais has cautioned the public against taking the law into their own hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said vigilantism must never be condoned and is not the answer to the scourge of crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to urge our communities not to take the law into their own hands, despite how frustrated and angry our residents are about the unacceptably high levels of crime in many communities. 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