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police Service brutality - 932 people die in custody
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Africa police brutality - 932 people die in custody Published: 2013 March 04
21:42:57 The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) in South
Africa has revealed that 932 people died in police custody in the country
between 2011 and 2012.KwaZulu-Natal had 268 deaths with Gauteng second at 217
deaths and Eastern Cape had 120, according to the report.Meanwhile, eight
police officers, implicated in the death of an East Rand taxi driver, are
expected to appear in the Daveyton Magistrate's Court on Monday.The two warrant
officers and six constables face a murder charge following the death of Mido
Macia while in police custody.The officers allegedly tied 27-year-old Macia to
the back of a police van and dragged him along a street in Daveyton on
Tuesday.Macia, a taxi driver and Mozambican national, died at the local police
station's cells several hours later. His body was found by a police officer on
Tuesday night.A post mortem revealed he died of head and internal injuries.Ipid
spokesman Moses Dlamini said police reported that they had earlier found Macia
wrongfully parked on a road and ordered him to move.Macia's death caused a
public outcry against police brutality.The Dispatch Online reported that the
Ipid was also investigating the death of a policeman who died in police custody
at the Barkly East police station in January, a day after he was detained for
allegedly being drunk. - Sowetan –
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