Security officers kill another man?

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It has emerged that a man found dead in the bush at Senamakola lands in Gabane area died because he had allegedly been tortured by arresting police officers.According to a media release from the Botswana Police Service public relations office, the 29-year-old man, whose name Mmegi has, was found dead on July 30, a day a after he was arrested by officers.

"The commissioner of police has ordered investigations into the circumstances that led to the death (of the man)," the statement said.

However, according to facts gathered by Mmegi from sources within the police service, the man was arrested on Thursday last week and detained in a police cell. He had reportedly been arrested by the Serious Crimes Squad who handed him to Mogoditshane Police Station officers. He was suspected of possession of guns allegedly used in a spate of robberies. According to statements from various sources within the security fraternity, either on that day or the next, police officers took the suspect on various rounds of torture attempting to extract a confession statement. It was allegedly during that round of torture that the man died.

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