Austria: Nigerian asylum seeker dies during forced deportation

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25 year old Marcus O., a Nigerian arrived in Austria requesting asylum in September 1998. On 1 May, handcuffed and with tape over his mouth, he was unconscious when the plane landed in Sofia and pronounced dead. Three Austrian police were detained.

UNITED, 5.5.99.

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