The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) is investigating the alleged suicide of a man who was being kept in the holding cells at Manenberg police station on Monday.
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As per a source cited by IOL, police discovered the man hanging from the bars of the holding cell’s gate on Monday afternoon.
According to the source, the man was arrested earlier that day on charges of housebreaking and theft: ‘He was taken into custody and placed in the transgender holding cells.
‘Later in the day, when they went to check, they found that he had used his jacket and wrapped it around his neck and the bars of the cell gate and had already passed on.’
‘The paramedics came and declared him dead.’
‘It is unclear why he did it but before that, he agreed to show officers where he had taken the TV and other items that he had stolen.’
Phaladi Shuping, the spokesperson for Ipid said that an inquiry into the incident is under investigation and added that the family of the deceased has been located and informed of the incident.
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