Inmate dies after assault at Toronto detention centre

Mangok Akol, 27, is shown on the left. On the right, police are seen leaving Toronto South Detention Centre on March, 24.

A 27-year-old man has died after he was assaulted by a fellow inmate at Toronto South Detention Centre last week, police say.

Police were called to the jail to investigate the assault at around 6 p.m. on March 24.

The victim was sent to the hospital with life-threatening injuries but succumbed to his injuries three days later, police say.

The deceased has been identified as 27-year-old Mangok Akol, of Toronto.

A suspect, identified as 32-year-old Andre Ford, will now have his aggravated assault charge upgraded to second-degree murder.

Police say that the incident has been ruled as Toronto’s eighth homicide so far this year.