RASTA DIES IN COP CUSTODY

Community alleges police strangled Tanzanian cobbler to death

- BY MANDILAKHE TSHWETE

THE death of a third Tanzanian man in the presence of the police has sparked concern among the community in Mowbray.

Isakwisa Atupele Mwamasage, popularly known as Ras Isa, died on Thursday at a shop in the area. It is alleged that he was strangled to death during a police search.

According a Tanzanian Cape Community (TCC) vice chairperson, who asked not to be named, the shoemaker was in the shop when cops attacked.

The TCC vice chair said: “The police went to search him; they suspected that he swallowed drugs, they manhandled him and pinned him down. We could see in the video how the two police men were sitting on him, and he was in the middle.