Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Philani Ndebele confirmed the suicide.
“I can confirm that there is a man who committed suicide by hanging himself in the police cells while he was under detention. Mhlanga was arrested on Sunday around 3AM after he was caught stealing from a house in Spitzkop Suburb in Gwanda.
“He was then taken to the Gwanda Police cells where he used a rope from his shredded t-
shirt to hang himself from the screen door, a few hours later. Mhlanga was alone in the cells when he took his own life,” he said.
Insp Ndebele said in the recent case, Mhlanga had allegedly broken into a house and stole $85.
He had four pending cases of unlawful entry and theft.
A 27-YEAR OLD man who was arrested for unlawful entry hanged himself in police cells at Gwanda Police Station.
He said Bongani Mhlanga, from Mberengwa who was a suspect for several cases of unlawful entry and theft, was found hanging by a rope in the police cells around 9AM last Sunday.
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