Evidence suggests Afghan migrants drowned by Iranian guards’
According to Tahmasi, a similar
drowning incident took place with another six-member group of Afghan migrants.
IANS | Kabul | May 15, 2020 1:23 pm
Refugees from Afghanistan rest
after arriving at Skala Sikaminias, on the island of Lesvos, (Photo: IANS)
The findings of an Afghan government task force have showed
that bodies of migrants which were found in a river, were allegedly drowned by
the Iranian border police, it was reported.
On Thursday, Abdul Hamid Tahmasi, the head of the
government’s 10-member task team, said that 13 bodies from a 46-member Afghan
migrants group who were on their way to Iran illegally had
been discovered, TOLO News reported.
“Two more bodies have been found (on Thursday). We had 17
people missing on the list, but four of them were the smugglers who were
transferring migrants on other side of the border. Thirteen people were the
ordinary men,” said Tahmasi.
According to Tahmasi, a similar drowning incident took place
with another six-member group of Afghan migrants.
“They were part of a six member group who had been expelled
from the same route. In the investigations, these six people said that they
were not part of the 46 member group of migrants. But we found that there was a
similar incident,” said Tahmasi.
On May 8, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani
tasked the team to probe reports of the drowning of dozens of Afghan migrants
by Iranian border
security forces, reports TOLO News.
Over 50 Afghan migrants were trying to cross the border when
they were “tortured and drowned” in the Harirud river by Iranian guards,
according to witnesses.
Last week, an Afghan official
said that so far 16 of the Afghan nationals had been rescued, 18 to 20 are
missing, and 16 bodies had been found.
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