Police find woman's body in Johannesburg suburb
Police found a woman's body in a Tembisa cemetery on Saturday, and a friend who had been with her at a bar the previous night identified her. Crime scene investigators were at the site while Gauteng police said similarities across 10 deaths in Ekurhuleni and another in Soweto point to a common modus operandi, though officials would not confirm a serial killer. Most bodies were found since July, many victims were young and almost all suffered extreme violence, and three men have appeared in court over one of the cases as police pursue other suspects.
A tenth woman's body was found amid possible linked killings.
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Ten similar bodies have been found in and around Johannesburg since July. Ministers declared gender-based violence a national disaster less than a year ago. Police are investigating and may try to link the cases while pursuing suspects.
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