Afghan migrants say Turkish police beat them with iron rods before they lost limbs to frostbite
- Image caption, Twenty-one-year-old Shahsawar's legs and hands were ultimately amputatedByMamoon DurraniBBC Afghan ForensicWarning: This article contains images and descriptions of violence that some readers may find distressing.
- A dozen young Afghans who tried to reach Europe in January have told the BBC they were among a group of 50 migrants beaten and stripped by Turkish border guards before being stranded in the snow.
- They say they were forced from the eastern Turkish city of Van towards the Iranian border, where temperatures were sub-zero.
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- Image caption, Twenty-one-year-old Shahsawar's legs and hands were ultimately amputatedByMamoon DurraniBBC Afghan ForensicWarning: This article contains images and descriptions of violence that some readers may find distressing.
- A dozen young Afghans who tried to reach Europe in January have told the BBC they were among a group of 50 migrants beaten and stripped by Turkish border guards before being stranded in the snow.
- They say they were forced from the eastern Turkish city of Van towards the Iranian border, where temperatures were sub-zero.
Sources: BBC News