At the time, Luhaka was a young sports mentor with no criminal record and about to begin a career as a professional footballer in Belgium. He was part of a group of young people talking near a cultural centre on a housing estate who were stopped by police asking to see their identity papers. CCTV footage showed Luhaka was forced to the ground and hit. The beating lasted eight minutes.
Bleeding, he was then taken by the officers to the police station by car. During the journey he said he was racially abused. When he arrived at the police station, another officer called an ambulance and he was taken to hospital and underwent surgery. Luhaka was treated for serious injuries to his anus, which were initially investigated as rape...
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