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The young mother was trying to get home with food for her two children when she says soldiers pulled her off a minibus in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, claiming it was overloaded.
Health official alleges âsexual slaveryâ in Tigray; women blame soldiers
By Reuters
By Katharine Houreld
Adigrat, Ethiopia - The young mother was trying to get home with food for her two children when she says soldiers pulled her off a minibus in Ethiopiaâs Tigray region, claiming it was overloaded.
It was the beginning of an 11-day ordeal in February, during which she says she was repeatedly raped by 23 soldiers who forced nails, a rock and other items into her vagina, and threatened her with a knife.
Doctors showed Reuters the bloodstained stone and two 3-inch nails they said they had removed from her body.
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ADIGRAT, Ethiopia (Reuters) - The young mother was trying to get home with food for her two children when she says soldiers pulled her off a minibus in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, claiming it was overloaded.
An Ethiopian woman who says she was gang-raped by armed men is seen during an interview with Reuters in a hospital in the town of Adigrat, Tigray region, Ethiopia, March 18, 2021. The Ethiopian government did not respond to the woman’s specific allegations but promised perpetrators of sexual violence would be punished. Picture taken March 18, 2021. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
It was the beginning of an 11-day ordeal in February, during which she says she was repeatedly raped by 23 soldiers who forced nails, a rock and other items into her vagina, and threatened her with a knife.
Allegations of sexual slavery in Ethiopia s Tigray; women blame soldiers April 15, 2021 at 4:47 pm | Published in: Africa, Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Opinion
Ethiopians who fled due to the Tigray conflicts and took shelter in Sudan on 14 December 2020 [Mahmoud Hjaj/Anadolu Agency] April 15, 2021 at 4:47 pm
The young mother was trying to get home with food for her two children when she says soldiers pulled her off a minibus in Ethiopia s Tigray region, claiming it was overloaded.
It was the beginning of an 11-day ordeal in February, during which she says she was repeatedly raped by 23 soldiers who forced nails, a rock and other items into her vagina, and threatened her with a knife.