Police spokesperson, Lt Col Thandi Mbambo, said although this investigation is still in a very early stage, it seems as if the victims were killed two to three days ago.

A pedestrian found the bodies, which were stacked upon each other, in a field next to the M10 and Dr Belcher Road in Heidedal.

Mbambo said the identities of the deceased and motive of the murders are not yet known.

Several people, horrified by the triple murder, stood at the scene this morning and watched police remove the remains and gather evidence from the scene.

Attie Terblanche, a councilor in Heidedal, said: "It is a very big shock to the community. We think they are teenagers and between the ages of 15 and 20 years old. We don't know if they have been murdered here or somewhere else. I want to speak to somebody on making the area more safe behind the shopping mall. It is the first time this has ever happened." 

OFM News/Mark Steenbok and Moeketsi Mogotsi

The community gathering at the murder scene.

Police members and the mortuary van parked where the three bodies were found.

The spot where the bodies were found.

Community members talking about the triple murder.