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BREAKING: Questions surround gruesome Empangeni murder discovery

He was found with his throat slit at a premises he was renting in President Swart Street, Empangeni, last night

EMPANGENI police made a gruesome discovery last night when the body of a 43-year-old man was found at a home in President Swart Street.

His throat had been slit and he was found lying face up in his lounge on a mattress.

A forensic investigator told the ZO he suspects that the body had been there for at least a day.

Meanwhile, the victim’s vehicle was found abandoned in a remote location in Ngwelezane yesterday.

Suspicion was originally aroused when a friend went to check on him after not hearing from him for some time.

A provincial task team will be called in to investigate the matter.

The identity of the victim is known to this publication.

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