A South African police officer charged with murdering a taxi driver who was dragged from a police vehicle has testified that the man insulted him and grabbed a fellow officer’s gun.

Eight South African police officers have been charged with murder for the death of a taxi driver dragged by a police vehicle.

Eight officers allegedly involved in the death of a man who was bound and then dragged by a police vehicle have been suspended and the local police commander has been removed from his post, South Africa’s police chief has announced.

South Africa’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who was apparently filmed being handcuffed to the back of a police van and dragged along the ground.