They drove them to the border, took them out one by one, and beat them with hands, feet and wooden sticks

Date & Time 2017-05-31

Location Tovarnik, Croatia

Reported by Rigardu

Coordinates 45.15557274, 19.17457581

Pushback from Croatia

Pushback to Serbia

Taken to a police station unknown

Minors involved no

WLTI* involved no

Men involved no

Age unknown

Group size 4

Countries of origin unknown

Treatment at police station or other place of detention

Overall number of policemen and policewomen involved 5

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

Police involved 5 policemen in uniforms

On May 31st, 2017 a group of 4 people on the move from North Africa were beaten up by the Croatian police at around 5 a.m. The Croatian police found them at the border next to the train tracks just 200m into the Croatian side. The police were there with two cars, a small police car (Chevrolet) and a blue prison van. Before the group of 4 people where ordered into the car, one police officer slapped one of them in the face. There were 5 policemen in uniform. They drove them to the border, took them out one by one, and beat them with hands, feet and wooden sticks. The process took around 15 minutes, during this time there was no Serbian police present.