Secret
Genocide
"They started
killing people
and
eating them ...
I saw them
cutting up human flesh,
then they were putting it
on a fire to grill it.
I got scared
and
ran away,
not knowing
what else happened
behind me."
"It was in the night
around 8pm,
when people began
to fall asleep.
Once they were sure
the village was asleep, they attacked
and started to shoot
and kill.
They started shooting
at all those
who tried to escape.
One ran this way,
they shot him.
Another ran that way, they shot her -
even the women.
They captured
the young children, gathered them
and held them
until daylight.
Then
they put some of them
in a mortar and
pounded them to death. They destroyed the huts and set them
on fire.
The people
were also
burned."
"Then they asked
my husband
several times
to sleep with my mother
in order
that they could see
our power.
They beat him
but
he refused to do it.
Then
they raped my mother
and me,
one after the other,
each by two of them. Afterwards
they asked my husband
to sleep with me
in front of them
to see how
we make love.
After strong threats
and blows
my husband
finally accepted
and we did it
in front of my mother
and
in front of them.
It was horrible."
Penketh, Anne. "Extermination of the Pygmies". Rense, 7 July 2007. Web. 3 April 2014.
"They started killing people and eating them ... I saw them cutting up human flesh, then they were putting it on a fire to grill it. I got scared and ran away, not knowing what else happened behind me."
"It was in the night around 8pm, when people began to fall asleep," said Sumbula R., who survived a massacre by armed men in military clothes in the village of Mbuluku. "Once they were sure the village was asleep, they attacked and started to shoot and kill. "They started shooting at all those who tried to escape. One ran this way, they shot him. Another ran that way, they shot her - even the women. "They captured the young children, gathered them and held them until daylight. Then they put some of them in a mortar and pounded them to death. They destroyed the huts and set them on fire. The people were also burned."
"Then they asked my husband several times to sleep with my mother in order that they could see our power. They beat him but he refused to do it. Then they raped my mother and me, one after the other, each by two of them. "Afterwards they asked my husband to sleep with me in front of them to see how we make love. After strong threats and blows my husband finally accepted and we did it in front of my mother and in front of them. It was horrible."