Since jihadi rebels and Tuaregs seized power in Mali’s north following a coup in the capital Bamako, hardline punishment has been meted out to any criminal caught. After serving their punishment, criminals are sent to a hospital in the desert city of Gao in northeast Mali where they are guarded by heavily armed militants.
“I admit to having attacked a bus full of travellers,” one of the men, Ardo, murmurs to AFP after a reporter gained access to the room.“But that’s not worth them cutting off a hand and a foot.”
An 18 year old man identified as Yoro said, “I was so afraid that I wanted to kill myself.”
“How could they just lop off my hand like that? Now my life is in hospital, it’s sad for me,” says Yoro who, like the other amputees, is aged about 18.
At least one of the punishments was meted out in public, with the accused’s hand and foot severed with a knife.
The men have no idea when they will be allowed to leave the hospital or what they will do once they are free.
A man on another bed says he felt “absolutely nothing” when the amputation occurred.
“They gave me tablets to take just before. I didn’t feel a thing, I was drugged,” says the young man, wrapped in a robe, without trousers, his leg stump exposed.
One of the group’s younger members says: “I went with the others who carried out the theft but I wasn’t armed. And I did not know they were going to chop off a hand and a foot.”
“It’s over. I’ll never work,” one of the men says. Another says he’ll have to spend his life in hiding.
Moulaye Djite, a doctor at the hospital said the men were responding to treatment.
“At the moment, I can’t say that they are suffering. There’s no infection, nothing. I think it will be OK,” Djite says, clearly intimidated by the looming presence of the armed guards posted around the hospital.
“This is just how things are. Our job is to care for the sick. This is what we do,” he says.
The unrest in Mali continues as the government’s cry to the UN for help has not been fully responded to.
Why are dey complaining? No be muslim them be? Na una say una want sharia law abi? Barbaric religion with no forgiveness
This is not injustice,the deserves it…….
If it ȋ̝̊̅ڪ tru τнατ U̶̲̥̅̊ Muslims hav A̷̷̴̐͠ God(allah or watever U̶̲̥̅̊ guys call him),den y wud U̶̲̥̅̊ mortals try 2 fyt 4 A̷̷̴̐͠n immortal(A̷̷̴̐͠ supreme being 4 τнατ matter). A̷̷̴̐͠ man lyk U̶̲̥̅̊ called Muhammed came out A̷̷̴̐͠nd told U̶̲̥̅̊ guys τнατ he was sent by God(Ūя allah)2 say τнατ Jesus christ ℓ̊sn’t his son nd τнατ it ȋ̝̊̅ڪ ishmael nd №† Isaac ȋ̝̊̅ڪ d tru son ☀̤̣̈̇f abraham? Α̲̅ή∂ U̶̲̥̅̊ guys believed him?
Wat ȋ̝̊̅ڪ d proof τнατ God(Ūя allah), truly sent Muhammed?
did God(Ūя allah), speak 2 any oda person 2 confirm τнατ he rili sent Muhammed?
Α̲̅ή∂ U̶̲̥̅̊ guys beliv τнατ wen U̶̲̥̅̊ kil 4 Ūя allah,he wil giv U̶̲̥̅̊ 77 virgins?
Wat r U̶̲̥̅̊ goin 2 do wit dem?
R U̶̲̥̅̊ guys goin 2 fuck 4 α̲̅ℓℓ eternity?
Wat abt d ladies?wat r d̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ goin 2 get?77 handsome dudes?muslim ladies, hav U̶̲̥̅̊ asked urselvs wat U̶̲̥̅̊’ll get?
Dose τнατ commited Ʈђi§ heinous ☀̤̣̈̇f mutilating d body ☀̤̣̈̇f A̷̷̴̐͠ fellow human,r d̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ perfect?
A̷̷̴̐͠ religion τнατ encourages kilings indiscriminately witout any 4m ☀̤̣̈̇f 4givenes,ȋ̝̊̅ڪ it truly A̷̷̴̐͠ religion?
If U̶̲̥̅̊ r A̷̷̴̐͠ true muslim,ℓ̊ want U̶̲̥̅̊ 2 carefully ask ursef dese questions Α̲̅ή∂ c if Ūя answers make sense 2 U̶̲̥̅̊.
If d̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ don’t ,ℓ̊ want U̶̲̥̅̊ 2 embrace d only man sent by God 2 save d earth d only prince ☀̤̣̈̇f peace. Α̲̅ή∂ his name ȋ̝̊̅ڪ
JESUS CHRIST