At least 14 suspected illegal miners arrested

JOHANNESBURG - At least 14 suspected illegal miners have been arrested in Florida on Thursday.

It comes as Gauteng police commissioner Elias Mawela confirms that ten bodies have been discovered in that area this week.

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Mawela said, "the first three bodies we discovered [on] Monday afternoon, there unfortunately, they were killed there, with gunshot wounds."

"We also found cartridges around that area. They were also mutilated especially their private parts."

"Yesterday [Wednesday], the six bodies that were found there were attacked. They had a lot of body injuries, you could see stab wounds and body injuries to show that blunt objects were used to attack those people."

"The cartridges were found in the vicinity where the bodies are but we could not see any gun wound on their body. We will wait for the post-mortem results to see if the firearm was used to kill this person."

"Another body that was found on the freeway, this person was shot and fell on the road and other vehicles came on the road and drove over that particular person, initially it was reported it was an accident...deeper analysis discovered this person was shot at."