Ipid investigating Worcester cops in assault video
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) is investigating two police officers who were caught on video assaulting two men with a sjambok in Worcester in Western Cape.
The video has gone viral since Monday, and you can watch it below:
This happened in Worcester, Western Cape...Cops from Ceres @SAPoliceService pic.twitter.com/6kgCJsZSg4
— Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) January 20, 2021
Ipid spokesperson, Ndileka Cola, says the organisation has identified the Anti-Gang Unit members captured in the video footage.
"But the two individuals one being searched, slapped and another sjamboked are yet-to-be-identified and interviewed by Ipid investigators as part of the investigation process," says Cola.
