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He shot 6 times in the air
On the 25th of December the respondent, a Bangladeshi man of 30 years old, left Lipa camp to try to reach Croatia passing by the Željava Air Base.He was in a group of 10 composed by people from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Palestine and India, all adults beside a kid of around 10 yearsThey walked for 11 hours through the forest in the snow to reach A1 motorway.
Location of police encounter
When they saw a police car following their footprints in the snow they tried to hide but the police officer shot 6 times in the air and told them to get closer and that everything was okay.
The police officer who had a MPU badge asked who spoke English so the respondent offered himself. He was then asked to take all the rest of the groups’ mobiles. After checking all the phones, the officer chose the 3 most expensive ones (Iphone 11,14 and 16 pro) and asked for the related pin to unlock them and he also asked the owners to then remove their apple ID. The respondent could smell alcohol in the policemen’s breath.
Half an hour later another police officer arrived with another car and searched all the people again, for their money this time, managing to gather between 300 and 800€.
After standing for 1 hour in the cold and snow the respondent told the officer that they all wanted to go to the camp, he asked “which camp?camp in Croatia?” and the whole group bagged him to be taken to the camp in Croatia so the officer replied “Ok, I will take you”.
The police officer who had a MPU badge asked who spoke English so the respondent offered himself. He was then asked to take all the rest of the groups’ mobiles. After checking all the phones, the officer chose the 3 most expensive ones (Iphone 11,14 and 16 pro) and asked for the related pin to unlock them and he also asked the owners to then remove their apple ID. The respondent could smell alcohol in the policemen’s breath.
Half an hour later another police officer arrived with another car and searched all the people again, for their money this time, managing to gather between 300 and 800€.
After standing for 1 hour in the cold and snow the respondent told the officer that they all wanted to go to the camp, he asked “which camp?camp in Croatia?” and the whole group bagged him to be taken to the camp in Croatia so the officer replied “Ok, I will take you”.
A third police officer arrived with a big police van, where everyone was put. They group was driven to the mountain and dropped in an unknown location where they were shown the direction to follow, told to go and never come back, threatening that if they did they would have beat them.
The respondent couldn’t show us where they were dropped but they managed to walk back to Lipa camp.
The respondent couldn’t show us where they were dropped but they managed to walk back to Lipa camp.
overview
10 people ,
from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Palestine and India,
aged between 10 and 40.