Durban — A body was discovered washed up on Cutting Beach, on the south coast of Durban, on Monday morning.
PT Alarms said that the PT Ambulance Service, PT Alarms Tactical Unit, Metro Police Search and Rescue, District 5 Lifeguards (Supt. Jace), Wentworth SAPS and National Sea Rescue Institute personnel are at Cuttings Beach in Merebank, where a body has washed up on the shore.
“It is alleged that a resident contacted PT Alarms Tactical Unit for assistance after sighting what appeared to be a body on the shore while visiting the beach,” PT Alarms said.
“PT Ambulance Service and PT Tactical Units rushed to the scene where the body washed up. All relevant authorities were contacted and are on scene.”
PT Alarms said that investigations are underway.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Nqobile Gwala confirmed that a body of an unknown male believed to be in his thirties was recovered at Cuttings Beach on Monday morning.
“An inquest docket has been opened at Isipingo SAPS for investigation,” Gwala said.
Meanwhile, last month, the body of an unidentified man was found on Umdloti beach.
Police spokesperson Constable Thenjiswa Ngcobo said Durban North police had opened an inquest after the body of an unknown man was recovered at Umdloti on Tuesday, 20 December.
According to the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), Tongaat’s Nazir Sadack, they suspected that the body could be a missing swimmer because it did not seem that he had been in the water long. That would form part of the police investigation.
CERT said that volunteers responded to Umdloti Beach, where according to reports, a body was seen floating.
CERT said that upon the arrival of the volunteers, it was confirmed to be a body. The body of an unidentified adult male was retrieved by CERT volunteers and eThekwini lifeguards.
The incident happened days after a freak wave had washed several people out to sea.
This left three people dead and 17 injured.
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