Gardaí have begun interviewing the security personnel involved in the detention of Yves Sakila, the Congolese man who died on Dublin’s Henry Street after being restrained in connection with a suspected shoplifting incident, reports The Mirror.
Sakila, who was in his 30s, was detained by security staff outside a retail store on Henry Street on Friday 15 May, reports The Mirror.
During the incident, a man in his 80s was injured when the suspect attempted to flee.
The elderly man was taken by ambulance to the Mater Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The detained man subsequently became unresponsive at the scene and was also transported by ambulance to the Mater Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, reports The Mirror.
Footage of the incident has since circulated online, showing Sakila being held down by a number of security staff members before gardaí arrived.
Sources indicated that upon arrival, gardaí immediately recognised Sakila was in distress and began administering CPR as he lay on the ground, reports The Mirror.
Both gardaí and Fiosru, the independent policing watchdog, have launched investigations into the circumstances of his death, reports The Mirror.
Speaking from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sakila’s younger brother Corneille conveyed the family’s demand for justice, saying they wanted to understand exactly what had happened to him.
Protests and vigils have been held on Henry Street in the days since his death, with crowds gathering to call for accountability and to pay their respects, reports The Mirror.
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