Yusuf Sarkin does not remember much about the massacre that drove him from the town where he was born. The gunfire and the screaming and the frenzy of bodies trying to outrun bullets flying through the sandy streets of Baga blended into one long awful blur. But another loop of horror keeps playing in his mind: that he let go of his terrified 10-year-old son’s hand. Sarkin and his wife grabbed their four children and joined others fleeing Boko Haram’s murderous descent on the town on 3 January. The 51-year-old’s only thought was to reach the shores of Lake Chad, around which the fishing settlement is built. Sarkin was clutching Adamu’s hand and his family started running. But when he reached the water, where panicked residents were piling into canoes, he looked down to see his son had disappeared. “Can you imagine the fear that makes you let go of your child’s hand?” he asked, his voice hoarse as he relived the memory. “What happened that day, the things I saw, are so terrible. #JeSuisNigeria
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:01:31 +0000
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