Turkish soldiers attacked a group of young people who were taking their sheep to drink water on the highland in the village of Bêruh in the Navberojan region of Derecik (Rûbarok), in Hakkari (Colemêrg).

16-year-old Serhat T. was taking his sheep to the stream 500 meters below the village to drink after grazing them, when soldiers from the Yeşiltaş Police Station asked him what he was doing there and started attacking him.

4 young people taken into custody

Serkan T., who was next to Serhat T., Ercan Ö. and Selah T. asked the soldiers to stop beating Serhat T. and recorded the events. The 4 young people were beaten and taken into custody.

It was reported that the soldiers, who confiscated the young people’s phones during the detention, insulted them even more after seeing the photo of HDP former co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, behind one of the boys’ phones.

The young people were taken to the Derecik district Gendarmerie Station.