Juma Igiranieza was brutally assaulted during an unexpected raid
Five months after a barber in Mowbray, Cape Town was brutally beaten up by police during a raid at his work, the Director of Public Prosecutions has charged three police officers for the assault.
This comes a month after the Independent Police Investigative Directorate concluded its investigation into the incident.a few weeks after the incident Minister of Police Bheki Cele stated:"I am told that IPID is working on this particular case and many others and will make recommendations. We will try to move fast."
The investigation, according to IPID spokesperson Phaladi Shuping, was finalised last month and the docket was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for a decision.
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