Nigeria, May 23 -- Protesters gathered outside Ireland's parliament on Thursday demanding accountability over the death of a Congolese immigrant who died after being pinned to the ground by security guards outside a department store in Dublin.

According to a report by the Daily Mail, the deceased, Yves Sakila, 35, was detained last Friday on Henry Street, one of Dublin's busiest shopping areas, over an alleged shoplifting incident.

Irish police said security staff restrained Mr Sakila shortly after 5 p.m. before he became unresponsive at the scene. He was later pronounced dead in hospital.

The incident triggered widespread outrage after a video shared across social media showed at least five men pinning Mr Sakila to the ground for near...