Overview
- Belarusian border guards in Braslavsky district found two Eritrean nationals carrying the body of a 29-year-old companion on October 21.
- Through a translator, the survivors said they were stopped in Latvia by people in uniform who smashed their phones, pushed them into a van, and beat them using stun devices.
- The witnesses reported that the 29-year-old collapsed and stopped moving during the assault before they were taken to the border and forced to walk into Belarus.
- Belarusian investigators inspected the scene and the body, provided medical assistance to the survivors, and ordered forensic examinations as a district-level review proceeds.
- Belarus’s Border Committee cited 35 migrant deaths found at the Belarus–Latvia frontier since the crisis began, and earlier reported 76 bodies along Belarus–EU borders since 2021.