Sunday, June 09, 2019

THE HORROR, THE HORROR
5-year-old girl paralyzed by rape shocks Sierra Leone

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — At first no one knew why the 5-year-old girl could no longer move her legs or control her urine. For months she lay on the ground, unable to walk or play. Some...

A year after the assault, the girl is still unable to walk, and has had to use a hand-crank wheelchair. One of her leg bones is broken — health workers believe it is a complication of her paralysis — and now she lies in a hospital bed with her leg in traction. A tiny foot with specks of pink nail polish peeks out of her cast, which is tethered to the metal bed frame.


APNEWS.COM




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