Boksburg explosion | Police search for body parts of victims

JOHANNESBURG - Gauteng Police Commissioner Elias Mawela says body parts of victims of the Boksburg explosion may still be discovered.

The death toll from the blast has risen to 37 after body parts were discovered on Wednesday.

The deceased include 12 healthcare workers, 10 government employees and two agency staff from OR Tambo Memorial Hospital.

READ: Boksburg Blast | Death toll rises to 37

"Yesterday one of the patients who visited the hospital, when he was talking around he saw a suspicious thing in the branches of a tree," Mawela said.

"He informed the authorities and when we checked we found that it was a hand.

"We feel that there may be body parts still scattered around in that particular area."