PHIRI, Wilson Mbuselo

Age 14

Description
An ANC supporter who died while in police custody in Khutsong, Tvl, on 17 February 1990. He had been arrested on suspicion of arson, and tortured with electric shocks. The official cause of death was stated to be an epileptic fit. It is alleged that police coerced his mother into signing a statement saying that he suffered from epilepsy.