Johannes Mashego (26) died in police custody in Parys, OFS (now Free State Province). His relatives reported extensive bruising and swollen face upon identifying the victim's body. The police claimed that he died during interrogation.
eventREF E-0012646Revised
19 April 1986
Another death in police custody
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 246.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Another death in police custody. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012646
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