Tragic breakthrough: Back of VW Polo found in river after cops’ deaths

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Cape Town – Police divers have recovered the missing back part of the VW Polo in which three constables were found dead in the Hennops River.

The vehicle, key to the ongoing investigation, was initially retrieved without its rear section on Thursday.

“Indeed, what a painful relief… but we are quite relieved that after hard work, we can indeed say the car has been recovered and actually not far from where we suspected it went through. So it has been recovered by the team, ” police said.

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Authorities are treating the incident as a case of culpable homicide.

A memorial service for the officers will be held on Tuesday, followed by their funerals later in the week.

According to SABC News, each constable will have a separate funeral service: Senoge on Thursday, Linda on Friday, and Buys on Saturday next week, with a joint memorial service scheduled for Tuesday.

“We agreed with the families to say that the funerals will be held over three days. The funeral of Constable Senoge will be on Thursday; the funeral of Constable Linda will be on Friday. The funeral of Constable Buys will be on Saturday because as the organisation, we are going to give them official police funerals,” the report quoted Free State Premier, Maqueen Joyce Letsoha-Mathae as saying.

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