The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) will on Thursday visit three men who claim to have been beaten and sjambokked by eight Tshwane metro police officers.
A man who identified himself as Shiba, shows the welts on his back which he claims came from a beating by Tshwane metro cops.Police Investigative Directorate will on Thursday visit three men who claim to have been beaten and sjamboked by eight Tshwane Metro Police officers.Images and videos of the victims appeared on social media on Wednesday.
In one of the videos, a man identified only as Shiba, showed welts on his back and chest which he alleges came from blows from a sjambok. He has blood running down his face. As he turns to look at the person taking the video, he exclaims: “They just beat us, they don't have a right.” He then turns back to a crowd and what looks like a security guard and shouts: “Tell [them] we are going to [inaudible]. They don’t have a right to beat us like this.”He claims that they did not fight back.[WATCH] the man identified as Shiba was allegedly assaulted by Tshwane Metro Police together with his friends. IPID is investigating the case and the officers involved are yet to be identified
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