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ANA reports that four SA Police Service (Saps) officers have been arrested in connection with the murder of 48-year-old Phikolomzi Tatsi and the assault of two other men.
On Tuesday, Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) spokesperson Moses Dlamini said two sergeants and two constables had been arrested on Monday for their actions on 10 March. It is alleged that three men were assaulted in the back of the Katlehong police station by at least five police officers. After the assault, the three were put in the back of a police van and taken to hospital to draw blood from one of them, who had been the driver of a vehicle that had earlier been stopped. The driver was taken to a doctor while the two other males were left behind in the van. “One male died in the back of the police van and was certified dead by a doctor. The post-mortem and medical examination showed that the victims were severely assaulted,” said Dlamini. The four officers were due to appear in the Palmridge Magistrate’s Court on a charge of murder and two of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
- Read the full report on this story in The Citizen of 20 March 2019
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