2026-09-26 12:36:59 EDT / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
2026年9月26日 / 美国东部时间中午12:36 / 美联社
南非警方周六表示，约翰内斯堡附近又发现一具女性遗体，使得一系列正在调查的谋杀案受害者人数升至10人。
警方是在今年7月和8月于约翰内斯堡东部的埃库胡莱尼自治市发现三具女性遗体后展开调查的，这三具遗体的发现地点彼此相距约4.3英里。
本月早些时候，埃库胡莱尼地区在10多天内又发现了六具遗体，这引发了民众对存在一名或多名连环杀手的担忧。
上周，两名女性因与9月17日发现的第九具遗体相关的谋杀罪被捕并被起诉。警方表示，该受害者身上有刀伤，喉咙被割断。警方并未将这两名被捕女性与其他任何一起谋杀案联系起来。
省警察厅长汤米·姆通贝尼中将周六对南非国家广播公司SABC表示，调查人员认为第九起谋杀案是单独案件，但不能排除其他部分案件存在关联的可能性。
警方已发出警告，要求女性在该区域活动时保持谨慎。
警方确认部分谋杀案存在相似之处，但表示尚未找到确凿证据证明是同一人或同一伙人作案。
警方透露，在周六之前发现的九具遗体均为20多岁或30多岁的女性，其中数具遗体赤裸或半裸，被遗弃在主干道附近的开阔地带。负责复杂暴力及连环犯罪调查的刑侦心理部门警员已加入此次调查。
警方未过多透露周六早些时候发现的第十具遗体的细节，也未立即公布受害者身份。
南非警察局在一份声明中表示：“我们仅能确认发现遗体这一事实。犯罪现场勘查人员及所有必要的相关人员目前已抵达现场。”
南非暴力犯罪及针对女性的暴力事件发生率居高不下。近期一项研究显示，2020年至2021年间，该国平均每天有三名女性被亲密伴侣杀害。
该国是全球谋杀率最高的国家之一，平均每天有超过60起谋杀案发生。
埃库胡莱尼地区的这些谋杀案已引发全国范围内针对女性安全问题的强烈抗议。
Fears of possible serial killer rise in South Africa after body of 10th woman found
2026-09-26 12:36:59 EDT / CBS News
September 26, 2026 / 12:36 PM EDT / AP
South African police said Saturday that another woman’s body had been found near Johannesburg, bringing the number of victims to 10 in a series of killings under investigation.
Police began investigating after the bodies of three women were found in July and August within about 4.3 miles of one another in the Ekurhuleni municipality, east of Johannesburg.
The discovery of six bodies in Ekurhuleni over 10 days earlier this month raised fears that a serial killer or killers were responsible.
Two women were arrested and charged last week with murder in relation to the ninth body, discovered on Sept. 17. The victim had been stabbed and had her throat cut, police said. Police did not link the two women charged to any of the other killings.
Provincial police commissioner Lt. Gen. Tommy Mthombeni told state broadcaster SABC on Saturday that investigators believed the ninth killing was an isolated case but could not rule out the possibility that some of the other cases were linked.
Police had issued a warning for women to use caution while in the area.
Police have identified similarities in some of the killings but said they had not found conclusive evidence that the same person or people were responsible.
All nine of the bodies discovered before Saturday were those of women in their 20s or 30s, according to police. Several were naked or partially clothed and left in open areas near main roads. Officers from the Investigative Psychology Unit, which specializes in complex or serial violent crimes, are part of the investigation.
Police released limited details about the 10th body, which was found early Saturday, and did not immediately identify the victim.
“We can only confirm the discovery of the body,” the South African Police Service said in a statement. “Crime scene management and all the necessary role players are currently on the scene.”
South Africa has high rates of violent crime and violence against women. Three women were killed every day by an intimate partner from 2020-2021, a recent study found.
The country has one of the highest global murder rates, with more than 60 a day on average.
The killings in Ekurhuleni have sparked a national outcry over women’s safety.
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