LONDON: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has accused Israeli personnel of torturing her and other detainees after being arrested aboard an aid flotilla heading for Gaza.
Thunberg said she was “hit, kicked, starved and tortured” in custody, and guards took selfies with her and defaced her property with lewd graffiti.
She was arrested earlier this month in international waters as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla trying to bring aid into Gaza.
The 22-year-old said she and others were taken to a “dystopian” detention area, telling Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet: “I saw maybe 50 people sitting in a row on their knees with handcuffs and their foreheads against the ground.”
She added: “They dragged me to the opposite side from where the others were sitting, and I had the (Israeli) flag around me the whole time. They hit and kicked me.”
