Ukrainian law enforcement officials charge Russia's Kursk detention centre staff with torturing and beating civilians

The violence was carried out systematically. Photo: depositphotos

Ukrainian law enforcement officials have charged two employees of a detention centre in Kursk, Russia, with systematically torturing Ukrainian civilians. The suspects beat the illegally detained civilians with their hands and a baton, and tortured them with electric shocks.

Source: Prosecutor General's Office

Details: According to the investigation, two employees of Detention Centre No. 1 of the Federal Penitentiary Service Directorate for Kursk Oblast brutally mistreated at least five civilians.

Ukrainian law enforcement officials charge Russia's Kursk detention centre staff with torturing and beating civilians

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