Eight bodies found in Germiston

GERMISTON -  Gauteng police have discovered bodies of suspected illegal miners at a dumping site in Germiston.

The eight bodies were already in a state of decomposition.

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Police responded to a scene at a waste yard across Rasta informal settlement.

The bodies were wrapped in white sacks.

Police have opened an inquest to determine where the bodies were retrieved before being dumped there.