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Search resumes for bodies from AirAsia plane

The search for the bodies of passengers of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 has resumed after bad weather hampered efforts to locate the victims, along with the fuselage of the plane, that crashed four days ago. A break in bad weather raised hopes on Thursday that divers would be able to investigate[…]

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Serial killer reports is speculation: SAPS

Western Cape police have called for calm, saying media reports of a serial killer targeting women in the city are “pure speculation”. Police have launched an investigation into the murders of six women, whose naked bodies were found at the Century City and Acacia train stations over the past ten[…]

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Kraafontein bodies identified: Police

All six men found dead near a farm near Kraaifontein, Cape Town, have been identified, Western Cape police said on Sunday. Captain Frederick van Wyk however said the names would not be made public yet. Police suspected that the six, aged between 18 and 30, had been stoned to death.[…]

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Four bodies identified: Police

Four of the six bodies found near a farm near Kraaifontein, Cape Town, have been identified, Western Cape provincial commissioner Arno Lamoer said on Thursday. “What we know at this stage is that four of the victims have been identified by detectives and families and the other two, we are[…]

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More bodies found in Nepal avalanche area

A snowstorm in the Himalayan region of central Nepal has killed at least 27 people, including eight foreigners and a group of local yak herders, while dozens of climbers remain unaccounted for, officials have said. Improving weather conditions allowed rescue workers to recover the bodies of four trekkers – two[…]

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No timeline for return of church collapse bodies

Families of South Africans who died in the Nigerian church collapse have an indefinite wait for the return of the bodies — which continue to decompose, the SA government said on Sunday. “We wish we had [a timeline]. We are entirely at the mercy of the Nigerians,” said government spokeswoman[…]

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Return of bodies to take time: Radebe

It is likely to take “a considerable amount of time” before the bodies of the South Africans killed in the church building collapse in Nigeria are flown home, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Sunday. Updating reporters in Pretoria on the situation, he said the latest report out[…]

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