Before letting them out of the car and beating them, the 7 officers passed around bottles of liquor and played loud music from the radio

Date & Time 2017-02-08

Location Near Otok, Croatia

Reported by No Name Kitchen

Coordinates 45.12880369, 18.82164001

Pushback from Croatia

Pushback to Serbia

Taken to a police station no

Minors involved no

WLTI* involved no

Men involved yes

Age unknown

Group size 15

Countries of origin Afghanistan

Treatment at police station or other place of detention

Overall number of policemen and policewomen involved unknown

Violence used beating (with batons/hands/other), kicking

Police involved No police with official uniform involved, aggressors were 7 men wearing black jeans and shirts, athletically trained and very drunk.

On the 2nd of August, 2017, at around 12 pm, 15 (mainly young) men, all from Afghanistan, were pushed back from Croatia to Serbia. They were caught approximately 40 km behind the Croatian border, on a small road in the forest.

According to the testimony, they were 7 police officers, not wearing official uniforms but black jeans and shirts, athletically trained and very drunk. The 15 men were too afraid to ask for asylum. They were violently assaulted, beaten with hands, batons and kicking.

The seven officers in plain clothes let the people out of the car one by one, beating them one by one. Before letting them out of the car and beating them, the 7 officers passed around bottles of liquor and played loud music from the radio. The interviewee stated that it seemed like a drinking game.