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Harvey Evans, 15, and Kyrees Sullivan, 16, died successful a motorcycle clang connected Monday
A constabulary watchdog has appealed for witnesses who saw the moments earlier a fatal clang involving 2 boys successful Ely.
The clang sparked a riot successful the Cardiff suburb connected Monday leading to 9 arrests and 15 officers being injured.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it had already carried retired "extensive" house-to-house enquiries successful the section area.
The IOPC besides said its probe would beryllium impartial and autarkic of the South Wales Police force.
The nonstop circumstances of the deaths of Kyrees Sullivan,16, and Harvey Evans,15, person not been established.
Reports connected societal media suggested the constabulary were chasing the pair, who were riding unneurotic connected an electrical motorcycle soon earlier the collision.
CCTV footage aboriginal released showed a constabulary van pursuing the boys minutes earlier they died connected Snowden Road astatine 18:00 BST.
On Wednesday, South Wales Police confirmed its officers had been pursuing the teenagers anterior to their deaths, but refused to reply further questions astir it, citing an ongoing IOPC investigation.
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Image caption,A riot broke retired successful the Cardiff suburb soon aft the boys died successful a collision
So far, CCTV is being gathered and the investigating officers are reviewing archetypal accounts from the constabulary officers involved.
They volition besides investigate:
- The quality of the constabulary enactment with the 2 boys anterior to the collision and the appropriateness of the constabulary officers' decisions and actions
- Whether astatine immoderate clip the decisions and actions of the officers successful the constabulary conveyance constituted a pursuit
- Whether the enactment betwixt the constabulary officers and the boys was reported appropriately by the officers anterior to and pursuing the collision
- Whether the actions and decisions of South Wales Police implicit the enactment were successful enactment with legislation, section and nationalist policies and procedures
Director of the IOPC David Ford said: "Our investigators person been conducting enquiries and securing grounds successful the contiguous vicinity of wherever the events took place, speaking to section residents, distributing leaflets and gathering arsenic overmuch applicable accusation arsenic possible.
"I americium genuinely grateful for the co-operation and assistance we person received from radical wrong the section community.
"We would invited anyone we haven't yet spoken to yet, who believes they person footage oregon witnessed thing applicable betwixt 5.35pm and 6.10pm connected Monday, to travel guardant to us.
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Image caption,Cars were acceptable connected occurrence connected Monday evening
"We are moving hard to found the nonstop circumstances of what took spot successful the play starring up to the collision.
"I would similar to reassure everyone successful the assemblage that our enactment volition beryllium thorough, impartial, and autarkic of the police."
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