UK police probe reports of brutality
Güncelleme Tarihi:
LONDON - Britain's police watchdog investigated brutality allegations yesterday against six London officers who were suspended over claims they abused suspects arrested in drug raids.
Media reported the officers used torture techniques including a variation on waterboarding, or simulated drowning, and dunked suspects' heads in buckets of water. The Independent Police Complaints Commission said it was investigating "the conduct and actions of six police officers during the execution of two drugs warrants at addresses in north London on Nov. 4, 2008."
The Metropolitan Police force confirmed the six officers were suspended over their conduct during the arrests of five people in the London borough of Enfield in November. The force would not comment on the specific nature of the allegations. London Mayor Boris Johnson said the allegations were "extremely serious and need to be thoroughly investigated."
Two newspapers, The Times of London and the Daily Mail, and Sky News TVreported that officers used a variation of the torture technique known as waterboarding, in which water is poured on the faces of prone victims to simulate drowning.