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2026-09-17 ยท DW

South Africa: Police find 9th body of woman amid spree fears

Police in South Africa on Thursday found the body of another woman near the airport east of Johannesburg . The woman's body was found stabbed, beaten and partially naked. The body is the ninth that has been discovered in the area in the last two months, raising fears that the killings could be connected and that a serial killer โ€” or group of killers โ€” might be active. The bobies were all discovered in Ekurhuleni, a municipality immediately east of Johannesburg, the country's largest city. Fred Kekana, the provincial police commissioner, said the woman's body was found near a construction site by a passerby, who alerted police. The victim, who has not been identified, appeared to be around 30 years old and had a stab wound to her side.

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