Five arrested after deadly Diepsloot attacks

JOHANNESBURG - Five suspects have been arrested following the discovery of seven burnt bodies in Diepsloot on 1 December.

The suspects -- aged between 30 and 38 -- are expected to appear at the Randburg magistrate’s court on Wednesday.

Police said they had started a murder investigation after the charred bodies of the seven young men were found.

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An alert over two "burned bodies" was raised late Friday night, police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo said in a statement to AFP.

Another five bodies were discovered in the early hours of Saturday in a nearby district of Diepsloot, he added.

"Preliminary investigation suggests that in both incidents, the victims were assaulted and burned by the mob," Masondo said.

- Additional reporting AFP