Survivors

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I forget her name... but hers was a typically sordid tale among many of the survivors. Perhaps hers was a little worse than the others, though.

After seeing every single member of her family being butchered at the hands of the attackers, she spent three months in captivity, held by the Hutu 'interhamwe' militia. She was regularly assaulted and raped throughout that time.

At the end of the ordeal, when she was eventually free, she realised that she was pregnant. Also, she was suspected of being HIV-positive. She eventually bore a son, the only family she has now. The child to her was also a cruel reminder of the terrible events from the past. She loved him and hated him... and admitted that she sometimes vented her anguish on the child, who had just turned ten.

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