Second postmortem ordered after death of Congolese man in Dublin

Irish authorities have agreed to a second postmortem on Yves Sakila, 35, who died after being restrained by shop security guards on a Dublin street on 15 May. A forensic pathologist from England is to conduct an independent postmortem this week. An Garda Síochána is investigating.

Sakila, an alleged shoplifter, was pursued and pinned to the ground outside Arnotts after police say he had stolen a bottle of perfume. Security guards detained him for about five minutes until officers arrived and found him unresponsive; some of the incident was filmed and shared on social media.

Footage showed him face down with one man appearing to kneel on his neck. He was taken to the Mater hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The initial postmortem appeared inconclusive, and the family’s solicitor, John Gerard Cullen, said there were "so many unanswered questions" and has submitted 41 questions to gardaí.

Ireland, Dublin

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