2026-09-17 05:43:03 EDT / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
约翰内斯堡电 ——南非警方周四表示，在约翰内斯堡以东区域发现了第九具女性遗体，警方认为这可能与他们正在调查的一系列杀人案有关。
过去两个月里，埃库鲁莱尼大都会区域共发现了九具遗体，这引发了人们的担忧，认为这些案件均为同一人或同一伙人所为。警方此前曾表示，前八名受害者的遇害手法存在相似之处，“足以令警方发出公开警告”。
这一系列发现引发了全国震动，推动了高级别调查的开展，也让针对女性的谋杀和高发暴力犯罪问题再次受到关注。
警方表示，周四早些时候发现的最新一具遗体“将被纳入埃库鲁莱尼地区女性死亡案件的调查范围”。
南非警方法医病理部门人员在2026年9月17日发现女性遗体的犯罪现场工作。EMMANUEL CROSET / 法新社 via 盖蒂图片社
省警方专员弗雷德·凯卡纳表示，一名路人在一处建筑工地附近发现了该女性的遗体并向警方报案。
他称，这名身份不明的女性年龄约30岁，身体侧面疑似有刺伤，喉部似乎被割开。法医调查人员尚未确定正式的死因。
凯卡纳表示，警方尚未确定此次死亡事件是否与其他案件有关，并呼吁民众提供线索。
他同时敦促民众不要在社交媒体上传播遗体照片或未经证实的消息，警告称此类行为会加剧恐慌，甚至可能催生模仿犯罪。
警方已指派多学科专家团队调查这些案件并锁定作案者。
截至目前，遗体分别在埃库鲁莱尼地区的多个社区被发现，包括肯普顿帕克、波莫纳、克莱维尔、奥利凡茨方丹、罗兹菲尔德、夸特马和唐公园。
据法国新闻社法新社报道，警方已对肯普顿帕克实施封锁。“我们不能再继续这样发现遗体了，”警方副局长特贝洛·莫西基利在唐公园对记者表示，法新社称最新遗体就是在该区域被发现的。
豪登省省长帕尼亚扎·莱苏菲表示，警方正在追查线索，在两到三起案件中取得了进展，但他并未透露具体细节。他呼吁民众给调查人员足够时间收集充分证据。
“他们已向国家宣战。我们会做出回应，”莱苏菲在现场对记者说道，“我们不会投降。”
支持失踪人员及其家属的组织“南部非洲失踪人员求助平台”呼吁社区和家属在发现异常情况时立即报案。
该组织表示，这些发现加深了寻找亲人的家属们的痛苦，并敦促民众立即上报失踪人员情况。
“上报失踪人员没有等待期限，”该组织称，“一旦你怀疑某人失踪，应立即向南非警方报案。”
9th woman’s body found in same area of South Africa, adding to fears of serial killer
2026-09-17 05:43:03 EDT / CBS/AP
Johannesburg — South African police said Thursday a ninth woman’s body has been discovered in an area east of Johannesburg, and said it could be linked to a series of killings they are investigating.
All nine bodies were found in the Ekurhuleni municipality over the last two months, raising concerns that they were carried out by the same person or people. Police previously said that some similarities in the killings of the first eight victims were “sufficiently concerning for the police to issue a public warning.”
The discoveries have sent shock waves around the country, sparked a high-level investigation and highlighted the scourge of femicide and high levels of violent crime.
Police said the discovery of the latest body early Thursday “will be added to the investigations into the deaths of women in Ekurhuleni.”
Members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Forensic Pathology Services work on the crime scene where the body of a woman was discovered on Sept. 17, 2026. EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP via Getty Images
Provincial police commissioner Fred Kekana said a passerby found the woman’s body near a construction site and alerted police.
The unidentified woman appeared to be about 30 and had an apparent stab wound to her side, while her throat appeared to have been cut, he said. Forensic investigators had not yet determined the official cause of death.
Kekana said police had not established whether her death was linked to the other cases and appealed for information from the public.
He also urged people not to circulate photographs of the bodies or unverified reports on social media, warning that they were spreading fear and could encourage copycat crimes.
A multidisciplinary team of experts has been assigned to investigate the cases and identify those responsible.
So far, the bodies have been found across several Ekurhuleni communities including Kempton Park, Pomona, Clayville, Olifantsfontein, Rhodesfield, KwaThema and Dawn Park.
Police have imposed a lockdown in Kempton Park, French news agency AFP reported. “We cannot continue picking up bodies,” deputy police chief Tebello Mosikili told journalists in Dawn Park, where AFP said the latest body was found.
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi said police were pursuing leads and making progress in two or three cases, although he didn’t provide details. He urged the public to give investigators time to gather sufficient evidence.
“They’ve declared war against the state. We’ll respond,” Lesufi told reporters at the scene. “We’re not going to surrender.”
Missing In Southern Africa, which supports missing people and their families, urged communities and families to report immediately when they suspected something unusual.
The organization said the discoveries had deepened the anguish of families searching for loved ones and urged people to report disappearances immediately.
“There is no waiting period to report a missing person,” it said. “The moment you suspect that someone is missing, report it immediately to the South African Police Service.”
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