Beaten migrant from Somalia and his murdered friend found at Belarus’ border with Latvia

In the Verkhnedvinsk District of the Vitebsk Region which borders Latvia, Belarusian border guards found two migrants from Somalia, one of them was dead, sb.by reports with reference to the Investigative Committee

Photo: Investigative Committee’s video screenshot

“With the help of an interpreter, the man told the investigator that he and his deceased friend were Somali citizens. The night before, they were travelling through Latvia to a European country, but were detained by Latvian servicemen who took their documents, money and mobile phones. After that, the men were brutally beaten,” the source said.

The State Border Committee added that after that, Latvian security forces ousted the beaten refugee into the Belarusian territory, also throwing the corpse there.

An investigative task force and paramedics worked at the scene.

The Verkhnedvinsk District Department of the Investigative Committee is conducting an inspection on this fact.

“Since the beginning of the year, Belarusian border guards have found 17 dead foreigners on the border with the European Union: eleven on the border with Latvia, and six on the border with Poland,” the State Border Committee reported.