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Bail denied to 9 South African police charged with murdering taxi driver who was dragged

By: The Associated Press

Tuesday, Mar. 12, 2013 at 11:52 AM | Comments: 0

CORRECTING SPELLING OF MOZAMBIQUE - Unidentified mourners attend the funeral of Mozambican taxi driver Mido Macia in Matola, Mozambique, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Macia died of injuries received when police allegedly tied him to the back of a police vehicle and dragged him through the streets of Daveyton, in neighbouring South Africa. (AP Photo/Ferhat Momade)

JOHANNESBURG - Nine South African police officers charged with murdering a Mozambican taxi driver who was dragged from a police vehicle have been denied bail.

South Africa's police watchdog says the police were denied bail at the close of testimony Tuesday in Benoni Magistrate's Court, east of Johannesburg.

Moses Dlamini, spokesman for the Independent Police Complaints Directorate, also says the next hearing for the police is April 12.

Taxi driver Mido Macia was dragged from a police vehicle in front of onlookers, some of them filming the incident after he allegedly blocked a road with his vehicle in Daveyton township, east of Johannesburg.

Macia was later found dead in a police cell. An autopsy showed that he suffered head lacerations and other injuries.

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