Russia detains 6 guards over shock torture video

Moscow : Russian investigators said yesterday they had detained six prison guards over a video showing officers brutally beating an inmate.The group of prison service employees, "acting deliberately, clearly exceeding their official powers, used violence against a prisoner", inve

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Published 24 July 2018, 8:00 · Updated 21:41

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Russia detains 6 guards over shock torture video

Moscow : Russian investigators said yesterday they had detained six prison guards over a video showing officers brutally beating an inmate.The group of prison service employees, “acting deliberately, clearly exceeding their official powers, used violence against a prisoner”, investigators said.

The 10-minute video posted by the Novaya Gazeta newspaper shows a group of 18 uniformed men methodically beating a man who is pinned down on a table as he groans and pleads for mercy.

Russia detains 6 guards over shock torture video

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