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Yves Sakila, a 35-year-old Congolese national, died after being restrained by security guards outside Arnotts department store in Dublin on Friday. He became unresponsive while being detained on suspicion of shoplifting and was later pronounced dead in hospital.
Gardaí are currently conducting an investigation into the incident that led to the death of Yves Sakila, with oversight from the Garda Ombudsman (Fiosrú). Arnotts confirmed it is cooperating with the ongoing inquiry while reviewing its security protocols in light of the incident.
The Garda Ombudsman is currently examining the incident following a referral from officers, while Arnotts stated it is conducting a review with its contracted security firm and cooperating fully with the investigation. Taoiseach Micheál Martin expressed condolences and emphasised the need for a thorough investigation, acknowledging the public’s concerns regarding the event.
What remains unclear — The specific circumstances surrounding Mr Sakila’s death and the role of security personnel in the incident are still under investigation.
Inquiry launched after Yves Sakila dies following restraint by Dublin security guards
A man died after being restrained by security guards outside a Dublin shopping centre in a case with echoes of the killing of George Floyd.
Yves Sakila was pronounced dead in hospital after being held on the ground outside a busy shopping district, last Friday.
Mr Sakila, who lived in Ireland for 22 years, was detained by security outside the entrance of Arnotts on Friday afternoon on suspicion of stealing bottles of perfume from the department store.
Police briefly handcuffed the 35-year-old Congolese national as they tended to a pensioner who was also injured in the alleged shoplifting.
The clip has been shared widely online, and has been described as ‘deeply disturbing’, sparking concern among minority communities.
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At one point, a security guard can be seen putting his knee on the back of his head, forcing his face into the floor.
Mothers with babies in prams watch on as he screams out but his head is pinned to the ground in the busy shopping area.
After more than three minutes, he appears unresponsive and the security guards let go. One of the guards puts Mr Sakila’s hood up and appears shaky as he makes a phone call.
Dozens of people gathered at noon on Tuesday, laying flowers and red roses along the busy shopping street.
Yves Sakila died in hospital on Friday (Picture: Social media)
Chants of ‘Justice for Yves’ and ‘no more violence’ were heard, while some held signs reading ‘Black lives matter here too’.
Gardaí said the man had been detained in connection with alleged shoplifting shortly after 5pm, before becoming unresponsive. He later died in hospital.
The Garda Ombudsman (Fiosrú) is now examining the incident after it was referred by officers.
Arnotts said it was ‘deeply saddened’ by Mr Sakila’s death and confirmed it is co-operating with the investigation, as well as carrying out a review with its contracted security firm.
Ireland’s Taoiseach Micheál Martin offered his sympathies, saying the case must be ‘thoroughly investigated’.
‘I don’t want to prejudice the outcome,’ he said, ‘but people are clearly very concerned about what has transpired.’
At the vigil, members of the public spoke of their shock.
Chris Kibiadi said: ‘It’s not all about the colour. This could happen to anybody.’
A woman named Lolo described the death as ‘painful’, adding that gardaí should have been called.
John Kabongo told the crowd his children were left frightened after seeing the footage.
‘They asked me, “Is this really happening in Ireland?” I didn’t know how to explain it,’ he said.
Community representatives also called for answers, with Walter Kabangu of the Congolese Chamber of Commerce Ireland saying he was ‘shocked and saddened’.
‘As a community, we demand justice,’ he said.
The Irish Network Against Racism (INAR) said it was ‘extremely disturbed’ and urged a full investigation to maintain trust in the justice system.
Arnotts added: ‘No loss of life should ever be the outcome of a retail security incident.’
The investigation is ongoing.
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‘Cheer up, you caught the bad guy,’ says killer Virginia McCullough as she is arrested for murdering her parents
A woman who murdered her parents “in cold blood” before hiding them in makeshift tombs for four years told officers to “cheer up, you caught the bad guy” as she was arrested in her home.
Virginia McCullough, 36, poisoned her father John McCullough, 70, with prescription medication and fatally stabbed her mother Lois McCullough, 71, shortly afterwards in 2019.
She ran up large debts on credit cards in her parents’ names and after their deaths, she continued to spend their pensions until she was finally caught in 2023.
In body-worn video footage released by police, a handcuffed – and eerily calm – McCullough told officers: “I did know that this would kind of come eventually.
“It’s proper that I serve my punishment.”
She said she had slipped something into her father’s drink then put his body under a bed on the ground floor, and put her mother’s body in an upstairs wardrobe.
McCullough, having been arrested on suspicion of double murder, told an officer: “Cheer up, at least you’ve caught the bad guy.”
She added: “I know I don’t seem 100% evil.”
At the police station, she told officers where a kitchen knife was, which she described as a “murder weapon”, and a hammer which she said “will still have blood on it”.
McCullough, of Pump Hill, Chelmsford, Essex, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday with a minimum term of 36 years at Chelmsford Crown Court, after she admitted to their murders between 17 and 20 June 2019 at an earlier hearing at the same court.
Chelmsford Crown Court heard how she hid their bodies in makeshift tombs at the family home in Great Baddow in Essex, then told persistent lies to cover her tracks.
The court heard she cancelled family arrangements and frequently told doctors and relatives her parents were unwell, on holiday or away on lengthy trips.
But concerns over Mr and Mrs McCullough’s welfare were raised in September 2023 by a GP at their registered practice, and Essex County Council’s safeguarding team referred these to police.
The GP had not seen the couple for some time and said Mr McCullough had failed to collect medication and attend scheduled appointments. It was found McCullough had frequently cancelled appointments, using a range of excuses to explain her father’s absence.
Police said a missing persons investigation was initially launched and McCullough lied to officers, claiming her parents were travelling and would be returning in October.
It became a murder investigation, and when officers forced entry to the house in Pump Hill on September 15 2023, McCullough confessed that her parents’ bodies were in the house and that she had killed them.
Nicola Rice, a specialist prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “McCullough callously and viciously killed both of her parents before concealing their bodies in makeshift tombs within their home address.
“She spent the next four years manipulating and lying to family members, medical staff, financial institutions, and the police, spending her parents’ money and accruing large debts in their name.”
She added: “This was a truly disturbing case, which has left behind it a trail of devastation, and I can only hope that the sentence passed today will help those who loved and cared for Lois and John begin to heal.”
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Multiple missiles were fired in an airstrike towards a densely populated part of Lebanon’s capital early on Saturday.
The huge airstrike targeted Beirut’s Basta neighbourhood, and no prior warnings were given by the Israeli military. The largely residential area was struck last month.
At least one violent explosion was heard across the city, Reuters witnesses said, and plumes of smoke could be seen. Scenes of massive destruction at the site were shared online, including a massive crater in the ground.
“Beirut, the capital, woke up to a horrific massacre, as the Israeli enemy’s air force completely destroyed an eight-story residential building with five missiles on Al-Mamoun Street in Basta,” the state-run National News Agency reported.
The health ministry put the initial death toll at four, with 23 wounded. The number is expected to climb in the coming hours as search and rescue efforts continue.
It came after a long day of Israeli airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, which have been non-stop since last week.
The cross-border fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group escalated into a full-blown war in mid-September.
Israel has bombed southern Lebanon, Beirut’s southern suburbs and the eastern Beqaa region, and has sent ground troops across the border. Hezbollah has continued to fire rockets deeper into Israel.
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