EXCLUSIVE: Survivors of an armed raid say mercenaries from Putin’s private army sexually assaulted at least a dozen women and girls.
One of the victims told The Daily Beast that a Russian paramilitary hit her on the head using a gun after she refused to undress, causing her to pass out. When she regained consciousness, she found herself lying naked on the ground beside about five other women who were also undressed.
Witnesses say the raid began at around 8 AM on Sept. 4 in the village of Nia Oura village in Mali’s central Mopti region. Diarra, 30, tells The Daily Beast he was getting ready to leave for his farm when Russian mercenaries, accompanied by soldiers from the Malian Armed Forces and hunters from the traditional Dozo fraternity, stormed his compound and began to shoot in the air.
After about 30 minutes of sporadic shooting, Diarra says, the paramilitaries—who were part of the infamous Wagner Group—ordered the arrest of the men in the compound leaving only women and children behind. As Diarra and his two neighbors made their way back home after spending more than two hours hiding from the invaders, they said they heard the voices of women screaming in the compound as Wagner mercenaries molested and abused them. The three men waited on the road until they were sure the Russians had departed before proceeding to the compound.
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