Istanbul, June 27, 2025 (AFP) - Turkey jails 4 border guards for life for torturing Syrian migrants to death

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2025-06-27

A court in Turkey has given life sentences to four border guards convicted of torturing two Syrian migrants to death in March 2023, according to a verdict seen by AFP on Friday. Seven other officers were also sentenced in May to up to seven and a half years in prison for "intentional injuries" and "destroying and hiding evidence" in the case, according to the verdict. Prosecutors said the officers, stationed along the Syrian border in Hatay provi......

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