The brutal attack on the women and girls took place in a village in north Darfur in Sudan
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More than 200 women and girls were raped by Sudanese soldiers in their village in North Darfur after one of the nearby garrison's men went missing.
The women - including 80 schoolgirls - were subjected to the eight-hour ordeal on Friday night, just hours after the garrison's commander gave the villagers until sunset to retrieve the missing soldier.
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'They beat the people with rifle butts and chased all of the men outside the village,' he added. 'Then they started to rape about 200 women and girls, which lasted from Friday evening until 4am on Saturday.'
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He said: 'The commander acknowledged that his forces 'committed a mistake' against Tabit. He explained that the soldier who went missing was found in Tawila locality.'
The commander asked the villagers to record the names of the rape victims and the wounded, and to bring them to the military hospital in El Fasher.
'We refused his apology,' the Sheikh added, 'and demand the formation of an independent investigation into the crime, and to bring the perpetrators to justice.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2822177/Soldiers-rape-TWO-women-children-Darfur-village-eight-hour-attack.html
Soldiers rape more than TWO HUNDRED women and children in Darfur village in eight-hour attack as 'punishment' for not helping locate a missing member of their garrison
Mass rape was carried out in the village of Tabit into early hours of Saturday
Soldiers beat people with rifle butts and chased the men out of the village
Commander admitted that his men committed the mass rape and apologized
Villagers refused apology and are demanding the men be brought to justice
By Annabel Grossman for MailOnline
Published: 11:17 EST, 5 November 2014 | Updated: 12:50 EST, 5 November 2014
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