Teen hid in body bag among slain protesters’ corpses to survive - rights group
The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) said a wounded protester who remained motionless inside a plastic body bag for three days out of fear that security forces would kill him was a teenager under the age of 18, according to new information obtained by the rights group.
IHRDC said the teenager was held among bodies of slain protestors transferred to the Kahrizak Forensic Center, south of Tehran, where he stayed still to avoid detection until his family eventually found him alive.
“During the three days he was held among the bodies transferred to Kahrizak, he heard the ringing of cell phones among the corpses and smelled the intense stench of decay,” the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center said, citing the teenager’s account.
The group said the witness described hearing gunfire after sounds from wounded detainees, suggesting they were summarily executed.
“The witness reported that whenever groans from the wounded were heard, they were shortly followed by the sound of gunfire and the cessation of the groaning, strongly indicating that security forces delivered fatal shots to wounded individuals who were still alive,” IHRDC said.
“These details raise serious concerns regarding the treatment of the wounded, violations of the right to life, and extrajudicial killings, including of minors, during the suppression of protests,” the rights group added.
