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Special Report Transcript Episode 33, Section 2, Time 01:26

Steven Bantu Biko was arrested on 18 August 1977. At the Walmer police station he was kept naked and alone in a cell for 20 days. He was handcuffed and chained to a grill. Less than a month later he died of severe head injuries, alone, on a cell floor in the Pretoria prison hospital.

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Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report TRC Victims
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