INANDA, KwaZulu-Natal - Residents of Inanda, north of Durban, made a gruesome discovery on Friday morning.
The bodies of five young men were in two separate open fields near a local school.
They had been hacked to death.
It’s believed the victims, aged between 19 and 26, were captured and killed on Thursday night.
Police have subsequently arrested 12 people in connection with the multiple murders.
Meanwhile, residents expressed their frustration with the lack of effective measures to bring down the high levels of crime in the Inanda area.
eNCA’s Zanele Buthelezi has more details in the video above.