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National Saturday 30 June 2012 - 15:00

Malian migrant was beaten to death, five to be charged with manslaughter

AFM soldiers, Detention Services officers to be charged with manslaughter following death of escaped Malian migrant.

Karl Stagno-Navarra

Three Armed Forces soldiers and two Detention Services officers are expected to face manslaughter charges in court tomorrow, after police investigations established that a Malian migrant was allegedly brutally beaten to death last night, soon after being involved in an incident with Detention Officers at Safi.

The Malian migrant was found dead inside a Detention Services van as it arrived at the Paola Health Centre at 00:45am. The migrant was found to be cuffed and bent over with visible bruising on his back.

MaltaToday is reliably informed that the AFM soldiers and Detention Services officers who were involved in handling the Malian migrant were confronted this morning with damning evidence from the conclusions of the autopsy which was conducted at Mater Dei Hospital.

Pathologists established that the migrant sustained violent blows to his groin - presumably by a violent kick - while severe internal damage was also found to have been inflicted by severe blows to the migrants lower back.

The five men are being held in custody at the Police Headquarters in Floriana.

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  • 8 Comments
Posted by: antoinecassar — 01/07/2012 19:28:35
Qarrej (in response to first comment): The MaltaStar went as far as to change the victim's name to "Abdalla Moħammed", an easily invented Islamesque name in an attempt to influence the opinion of the audience... Zoto's real name was Mamady Camara.
Posted by: chikku — 01/07/2012 15:37:56
If this case is not investigated properly and legal consequences are not drawn, it will put us at par with Zimbabwe and North Korea when it comes to human rights. For the sake of the country and of what progress has been achieved so far, this incident must be investigated as thoroughly as befits a western democracy.
Posted by: Stenbaht — 01/07/2012 15:26:00
If i beat somebody to death, do you call that manslaughter? No, you call that murder.
Posted by: kurtgauci — 01/07/2012 14:10:39
5 against 1 mela dan kien xi superman ara vera nies li missna nisthu u vera cowards u biex taxxaqha kien handcuffed ukoll isthu cowards dan bullying
Posted by: thinkahead — 30/06/2012 19:13:47
Thanks to Dr Said it is already making a different,due to the change from Dr Debono.The only way that can save the PN is a change within the party.
Posted by: Hit — 30/06/2012 18:49:14
One guess; another claim of self defense.
Posted by: elwenzu — 30/06/2012 16:11:22
Five against one? Sounds normal for our brave(sic) custodians of security.
Posted by: Qarrej — 30/06/2012 15:31:33
According to other media the officers saved him from being attacked by other illegal immigrants and had taken him to the Paola Health Centre for examination as is the standard procedure. Was he attacked before the officers had time to save him from the other illegal immigrants? http://www.maltastar.com/dart/20120630-malian-found-dead-in-detention-security-van-people-assisting-in-the-case Malian found dead in detention's security van - 5 being questioned