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The officers also showed their guns, threatening them that if they would ever come back, they would be killed

Date & Time 2018-12-01
Location close to Dubrovnik, Croatia
Reported by No Name Kitchen
Coordinates 42.6506606, 18.0944238
Pushback from Croatia
Pushback to Bosnia
Taken to a police station unknown
Minors involved yes
WLTI* involved no
Men involved no
Age unknown
Group size 6
Countries of origin Palestine
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, threatening with guns
Police involved 4 police officers described as Croatian police

The interviewee was attacked by 4 police officers. The 4 officers beat him, kicking, punching and using truncheons on his back, arms and legs. As a consequence of this attack his left foot was broken. The officers also beat the other people in his group, including 2 minors. They took their water and poured it out. The officers also showed their guns, threatening them that if they would ever come back, they would be killed. The violence lasted about 30 minutes.

Then they were deported at the Bosnian border, on the way to Trebinje, and left in a nearby forest. During the violence and the deportation they were continuously insulted by the officers.