Police in ID line-up at Keetmans

NINE members of the Police’s Serious Crime and Special Branch units at Keetmanshoop are to take part in an identification parade today.

The line-up will be held at the Keetmanshoop prison. The Policemen are being investigated in connection with a suspect who died in Police custody earlier this month.Makarius Iikali was one of five men arrested on charges of theft and housebreaking.It is alleged that Iikali was beaten up by the Police.Another suspect, Benjamin Basson, jumped from the Police station’s first floor during interrogation.Basson was injured but survived.Two Windhoek-based senior detectives assigned by the Police Inspector General’s office are heading the investigation into the suspect’s death.The Policemen are being investigated in connection with a suspect who died in Police custody earlier this month.Makarius Iikali was one of five men arrested on charges of theft and housebreaking.It is alleged that Iikali was beaten up by the Police.Another suspect, Benjamin Basson, jumped from the Police station’s first floor during interrogation.Basson was injured but survived.Two Windhoek-based senior detectives assigned by the Police Inspector General’s office are heading the investigation into the suspect’s death.