They are also suspected of rape, abuse of power and aggravated physical harm. They had been arrested on Wednesday, as part of an investigation that has been ongoing since last year.
The seven police officers suspected of torture at the Rato police station, in Lisbon, remain in preventive detention. They are also suspected of rape, abuse of power and aggravated physical harm. They had been arrested on Wednesday, as part of an investigation that has been ongoing since last year.
The crimes would have been committed at the police station to people in vulnerable conditions. Immigrants and the homeless have been targets of humiliation and sodomization.
Some videos of these acts were shared on WhatsApp, in a group with dozens of police officers.
In July last year, two other police officers had already been arrested on suspicion of the same crimes.
