42岁的尼日利亚籍男子Ibeh Chika Simon在南非开普敦被警察逮捕时昏迷身亡[1]。验尸结果显示其背部和胸部存在多处瘀伤和擦伤[1]。事件发生在上周四[1]，西开普敦警察部门称Simon在"被安置逮捕时疑似身体不适而昏迷"[1]。南非独立警察调查部门（Ipid）已启动调查[1]。
尼日利亚驻约翰内斯堡总领事Ninikanwa Okey-Uche对此事件表达了强烈不满，称"对导致其死亡的警察战术感到深感震惊"[1]。尼日利亚方面指控存在"针对外国人的令人担忧的司法外杀害/死亡模式"[1]。南非当局曾在6月份确认另一名尼日利亚人在类似情况下死亡[1]。这一事件加剧了南非与尼日利亚之间因仇外暴力指控而产生的外交紧张关系[1]。
A 42-year-old Nigerian national, Ibeh Chika Simon, died after collapsing during his arrest by police in Cape Town last Thursday [1]. An autopsy revealed multiple bruises and abrasions on his back and chest [1]. The Western Cape police stated that Simon appeared to have suffered a medical episode while being taken into custody [1].
Nigeria's consul general in Johannesburg, Ninikanwa Okey-Uche, expressed deep shock at the police tactics that led to the death [1]. Nigerian officials have alleged an alarming pattern of extrajudicial killings and deaths targeting foreign nationals [1], citing another Nigerian death under similar circumstances confirmed by South African authorities in June [1]. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has launched an investigation into the incident [1], which has intensified diplomatic tensions between South Africa and Nigeria over allegations of xenophobic violence [1].