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Bounding his hands to the rear of a van, and then speeding off, South African police dragged a taxi driver along the pavement as a crowd of onlookers shouted in dismay. Mido Macia was later found dead.

The men who abused the Mozambican immigrant were uniformed officers and the van was a marked police vehicle.

South African President Jacob Zuma says:

“The visuals of the incident are horrific, disturbing and unacceptable. No human being should be treated in that manner,”

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Huffington Post reports:

Some of those in the crowd who watched the scene unfold in the Daveyton township east of Johannesburg shouted at the police and warned that it was being videotaped. The police did not seem at all concerned by all the witnesses and the presence of cameras as they tied Mido Macia, a 27-year-old from neighboring Mozambique, to the back of a police vehicle, his hands behind his head. At least three policemen participated in the incident. Macia was found dead in a Daveyton police cell late Tuesday.

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate, the police watchdog agency, said Thursday, a murder probe is underway on the evidence that Macia suffered head and upper abdomen injuries, including internal bleeding.

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Macia was found dead in a cell over two hours later by another policeman, according to the watchdog agency.

National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega “strongly condemned” what happened. South Africans are `’urged to remain vigilant and continue to report all acts of crime irrespective of who is involved,” said Phiyega in a statement.

This is one of the most horrific events we have seen and hope this marks for a change in South Africa.

With caution, watch the video above to see the brutality that led to Macia’s death.

Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.