"I was screaming and begging: I'm sick, don't hit me, he was hitting me harder"

 

On the 5th of April at 7:00 am a group of eight Iranian men were apprehended by seven people in uniforms in Bihac. The group were sleeping in a house, when the people in uniforms entered and started beating everyone with plastic batons and kicks and fists. “I was screaming and begging: I'm sick, don't hit me, he was hitting me harder“. Next, the officers took a photo of the people. “They took a photo of us after we were beaten up and said, 'we will not see you again in Bihac’“. The respondent got injuries on the knee caused by the beating. "Damage to the arteries and internal. My knee is swollen and swollen. But I have trouble sitting or getting up." According to the respondent, the officers wore ski-masks and a police uniform with a Una-Sana Canton logo on the arms. Following, the officers put the eight people in two different police vans, that drove to Camp Lipa. The officers released the group and left. Two security-guards checked the people when they entered the camp. “They checked our bodies. And they let go and told you to find a place to sleep for yourself”.