Benoni was the scene of a rather horrific crime discovery yesterday, two men found ‘charred beyond recognition’ and a third badly burnt but alive.

The bodies were discovered in a container at a Benoni construction site, their hands tied behind their backs.

All the men are believed to be employees at the site, with this below from IOL:

Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Service (DEMS) spokesman William Ntladi said they received a call at about 1.30am.

The caller said there was a house on fire at the corner of Great North and Elgin roads.

On arrival, he said, they found a construction container alight. After extinguishing the blaze, they found the bodies of two men inside it.

A third man was found a couple of metres away from the container, still alive but with third-degree burns…

Rodrick Nzima, an employee at the Engen petrol station across the road from the site, said someone at the station had made the call about the fire.

He said his co-worker, who was on the night shift, said he saw the third man running and screaming while on fire before falling to the ground.

Nzima said he arrived at work at 4.30am and saw several cars parked at the scene.

He said the construction site’s security guard said he saw the two men tied up.

Provincial police spokesman Lieutenant Kay Makhubela said a case of murder, attempted murder as well as robbery had been opened as it appeared that items had been stolen from the premises.

No arrests have yet been made, so let’s just hope the perpetrators are brought to justice.

Here’s some video from the crime scene:

[source:iol]