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POLICE in South Africa are hunting a gang of thieves who dug up the body of a recently buried man and stole his head.Detectives are probing the bizarre incident in which family man Ezekiel Motloung (42) was exhumed last weekend and decapitated.
Police spokesman Thulani Ngubane yesterday said it appeared the grave robbers had dug up Mr Motloung’s grave within hours of his burial last Saturday.
He said: “This is a strange and horrific crime.
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Dr John S Mvundura
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Fukushima was ‘man-made disaster’: probe
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