E/CN.4/1995/34 page 138 to the information received, these persons were arrested in Lomé on 25 March 1993, several days after an attack on the residence of President Gnassingbé Eyadéma. They were taken to the Lomé gendarmerie, where they were allegedly tortured. 721. The Government subsequently informed the Special Rapporteur that an investigation was being conducted in order to establish the responsibility of the above-mentioned persons in the attack carried out against the "Camp du Regiment Interarmes Togolais". Latévi Prosper Lawson, Jules Gagli, Kossi Amedegounou, Kodjo Akakpo, Kossi Assignon, Antoine Aboudou, Ekué Prosper Koulepato, Folly Ananou and Folly Kuegan were released from detention, and Rosalie Gagli was released on probation. Alphonse Adjeoui, Agbévé Toyo, Kossi Fiagnon and Sossouvi Afatchauo were arrested on charges of theft. Komi Kpetigo was charged with drug trafficking and Jean Laté was not known to the police or the gendarmerie. 722. The Government’s reply was transmitted to the source, which confirmed that most of the civilians arrested had subsequently been released. It observed, however, that the Togolese authorities did not appear to provide any response to allegations that those arrested were subjected to torture or ill-treatment, nor to have opened or carried out any investigation into those allegations. 723. On 3 September 1993, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal concerning a group of about 40 persons said to have been arrested on 26 August 1993 by the security forces in Agbandi and Diguine in central Togo in connection with the disturbances which took place after the results of the presidential election were announced. The detainees were allegedly beaten at the time of their arrest and then taken to the Blitta gendarmerie, where they were all locked into a cell designed to hold five prisoners. The next day, 15 of them were reportedly found dead and 4 others allegedly died later. It was also reported that about 20 of the detainees were transferred to the Char prison in northern Togo. Fears were expressed that they might be subjected to torture or ill-treatment. In addition, on 7 October 1993, the Special Rapporteur interceded on behalf of Kokou Okesson Mbooura, a teacher in Kétao, reportedly arrested on 27 August 1993 in Blitta while trying to locate a member of his family arrested the previous day in connection with the disturbances in Agbandi at the end of August. He was allegedly being held incommunicado at the Kara gendarmerie in the north of the country and fears were expressed that he might be tortured or ill-treated. 724. On 13 October 1993, the Government informed the Special Rapporteur that some people had been arrested at Agbandi on 26 August 1993 for having damaged electoral equipment and had been taken to the Blitta gendarmerie. Kokou Okesson Mboura was one of the persons who visited the detainees. Also on 26 August, some of the arrestees had been poisoned after eating food provided by visitors. Kokou Okesson Mboura had been arrested as he was delivering food containing syringes to one detainee. According to the report made by a toxicologist, the syringes contained a very dangerous poison. The judicial authorities of Sokodé had issued a detention order against him and he had been taken to the civil prison in Kara. He had never complained before