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Monday, January 7, 2008
In news from Guyana, soldier from the Military Service have alleged that were tortured by senior officers, as part of procedure in the ongoing investigation for a missing ak47 rifle within the army's core. One soldier has claimed that a week after the rifle disappeared, he was 'strapped down and beaten, suffocated, given electric shocks and had his groin pepper-sprayed' by senior officers conducting the investigation. Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Lovell says that several officers were infact interrogated, but that he was unaware of any acts of physical abuse having occurred during interrogation. Meanwhile, a high ranking senior officer and several other officer have confirmed that the soldier who was in charge of the arsenal during the time of the rifle's disappearance had his ribs broken by army investigators. Another officer has also stated that soldiers are usually mistreated during military investigators, whose tactics often include submersion in the Demerara river.
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