A group of Turkish police officers and night-watchmen tortured a 15-year-old boy in Salih Özdemir Park in the Cudi neighborhood of Batman yesterday evening, claiming that the teen violated the lockdown imposed as part of pandemic restrictions. The torture was recorded by the neighbourhood residents on cell phone.

The footage shows the teen, whose name could not be learned, laid on the ground by the night-watchmen and policemen in the park.  One person is seen to be sitting on the teen as one plainclothes policeman in white shirts hits him with kicks and punches.

The policemen and night-watchmen then fire into the air, insulting the surrounding people who react to them.

The tortured teen is reported to have been taken to the Batman Police Department later on.