Irish PM urges full probe of death of Congolese man restrained outside store

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin has called for a thorough investigation into the death of a Congolese-born man after he was restrained outside a Dublin department store in an incident that has shocked the nation

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin has called for a thorough investigation into the death of a Congolese-born man after he was restrained outside a Dublin department store in an incident that has shocked the nation.

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Irish police said the man was detained by security guards on Dublin’s busy Henry Street last Friday in connection with an alleged shoplifting incident.

He subsequently became unresponsive at the scene and was later pronounced dead, police said.