Published on : 15/07/2022 – 23:57
This man was arrested in Dakar on June 17, the day of banned demonstrations at the call of the main opposition coalition Yewwi Askan Wi. He was suspected of acts of terrorism and threats to state security “. His family and his defense denounce ” tortures “. For his part, the prosecutor dismissed the blunder.
With our correspondent in Dakar, Charlotte Idrac
“Accidental death”: this is what is written on the death notice of François Mancabou established on the evening of July 13 at the main hospital in Dakar and which leaked on social networks.
According to the public prosecutor, the 51-year-old man, arrested at his home on the morning of June 17, was a member of a group called a “Special Force”, made up of around ten people. He would have been responsible for develop strategies of attacks and harassment against the defense and security forces “. Still according to the magistrate, François Mancabou would have “ violently hit the wall and the railings of the holding cell ». « Investigators have 13-minute video footage “, he added.
A version rejected by Maître Ousseynou Gaye, one of the family’s lawyers, reached by telephone on Friday July 15. ” If these images are authentic, why did the person who was filming or who was in charge of the video surveillance not intervene? he wonders. For him, ” no doubt » : François Mancabou was tortured while in police custody. ” He had the lucidity to tell his wife before he died “, adds the lawyer. While waiting for the autopsy and the medical file, the defense is already considering a complaint against Commissioner Bara Sangaré, head of urban security.