 The police allegedly took detainees to a holding center outside the city, where they say they were verbally and physically abused,  threatened with rape , and spat at .
<clarity>  The police allegedly took detainees to a holding center outside the city, where they say they were verbally and physically abused,  threatened with rape , and spat at .
 The police allegedly took detainees to a holding center outside the city, where they say they were verbally and physically abused, threatened with rape .