Police investigate murder inquest
A postmortem to determine the cause of death of the two victims.
Police investigations still continue on what really happened at Kismere Estate in Barberton where two men allegedly drowned after being instructed to search for a dead hippo in a dangerous dam.
“Our investigations still continue. A postmortem to determine the cause of death of the two victims will be conducted today,” explained Capt Jabu Ndubane, spokesperson of the Pienaar Cluster.
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SAPS opened a murder inquest after the discovery of the bodies of two men who disappeared in the dam on Monday and Tuesday. A week ago they were asked by their boss, who is professional hunter, together with the owner of the estate to use a small boat to search for a hippo he had allegedly gunned down in the dam earlier that day. This follows the hippo’s tendencies of devouring sugar cane in the estate.
The deceased, 28-year old Emmanuel Mthabini of Lulekani Village in Tzaneen and his co-worker Joseph Mohando (44) from Burundi, were last seen by their boss and the estate owner on June 25.
