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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Mednick,Isabel Debre and Astrid Suarez

AP Exclusive: Child soldiers recount horrors of Sudan’s war and presence of Colombian mercenaries

ML--Sudan-Colombia-Child Soldiers - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The teenage boy’s hands and legs were shackled to the anti-aircraft gun mounted on a pickup as Sudanese warplanes attacked. He saw another child chained to the steering wheel.

As their captors sought cover, the terrified children were ordered to stay and shoot down the jets over the capital, Khartoum. If they tried to flee, they’d be killed by their captors — if the planes didn't get them first.

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