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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Three security guards who had mysteriously disappeared while on night duty at a Free State stadium were found 5km away, disorientated and their hands bound with their shoelaces.<\/p>\n

The security guards, were on night duty at Seeisoville Stadium in Maokeng, Kroonstad, on Wednesday when they were reported missing by their morning shift colleagues.<\/p>\n

According to police spokesperson Sergeant Mahlomola Kareli, the women’s colleagues arrived at the stadium’s guard room on Wednesday at about 05:30 to relieve the night shift staff.<\/p>\n

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Kareli said the women were nowhere to be found but their personal belongings were left at the scene.<\/p>\n

He said police were summoned to the scene, and a search party was launched.<\/p>\n

After a joint search in Maokeng by the police and residents, the women were found by hunters in Lovedale on the outskirts of Maokeng on Wednesday at around 21:30.<\/p>\n

He said the three women were disorientated and had their hands tied behind their backs with shoelaces. He said they were in a “bad condition” and were rushed to the hospital for observation and tests.<\/p>\n

According to Kareli, the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the women and details of the perpetrators were unknown at the stage.<\/p>\n

“The women have suffered great trauma and have to undergo counselling before the police can ask them questions about the incident,” he said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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