8-Year-Old Yazidi Girl Sets Self on Fire to Prevent Islamic State Rape
German doctor Jan Ilhan Kizilhan, treating Yazidi victims of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS), tells the Agence France-Presse he has treated an 8-year-old girl who set herself on fire to stop jihadists from raping her.
“IS sold her eight times during the 10 months she was held hostage, and raped her hundreds of times,” he said. “This is one of the cases I always have in my mind.”
The fire burned 80 percent of her body, and Kizilhan said the girl lost her nose and ears. The AFP reports:
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