According to reports from the ground, B.C. (14), B.C. (12), B.C. (16), B.C. (17) and S.C. (17) were stopped by the police after attending a wedding in the neighborhood of Aliçavuş in Beytüşşebap district of Şırnak.

The five minors were forced to stand up against the wall and subjected to a criminal record check (GBT), which is an identity document verification technology introduced by the Turkish police in 2002. It is a database containing information on wanted persons as well as criminal and suspicious activity reports from the police and gendarmerie. This includes information on existing arrest warrants, previously executed arrests, suspensions from leaving the country, refusal of military service, and tax evasion. The system also contains subjective notes by the police without legal significance on the persons concerned. The GBT system also records information on supposedly "suspicious" persons who are not under criminal investigation.

A resident recorded the incident on camera, showing a police officer threatening the minors, saying: “You shall have your ID cards with you while passing through a checkpoint. Otherwise, I will take criminal action.”

Eyewitnesses stated that four of the minors had their ID cards with them, while only one of them, aged 12, didn’t.

Reports say that the minors were subjected to violence before being forced to stand up against the wall.