Boy found dead after botched circumcision

A boy (15) has been found dead by fellow circumcision initiates near Orange Farm, in the Vaal

A 15-year-old boy has been found dead by fellow circumcision initiates near Orange Farm, in the Vaal Triangle. Police say the boy was among nine initiates circumcised by an illegal surgeon.

A postmortem will be conducted to establish the cause of death.

The other boys aged 15 and 16 have been sent home, while police search for their surgeon. Yesterday, another initiate died in Potchefstroom in the North West.

Since the start of the circumcision season, five initiates have died from botched circumcisions in the Eastern Cape.

Yesterday, police arrested an initiation surgeon in connection with the deaths of two of the five boys near Port St Johns. His accomplice, a 17-year-old boy who's believed to have run the illegal initiation school, was arrested on Saturday.

Villagers believe witchcraft is to blame for the boys' deaths.