Hennops River: Missing South African police officers found dead after six days

It is unclear how they died - the police had referred to a possible kidnapping but now suggest an accident.

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Boipelo Senoge, aged 20, Cebekhulu Linda, 24, and 30-year-old Keamogetswe Buys were last seen leaving a petrol station near Johannesburg last Wednesday.

Their bodies were discovered by divers around 70km (43 miles) away in Hennops River, along with the remains of two other unnamed persons.

The police initially said they were investigating a case of "possible hijacking and kidnapping" but on Tuesday said they could not speculate whether or not the deaths were accidental.

The three police officers - all constables - were travelling in a white VW Polo when they went missing, a police statement said.

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