i I pleaded with them to leave him alone, but they amputated his right hand at the wrist, an?lthen I I: I also his left hand at the wrist. The rebels then placed his left leg on the stick and amputated it at the ankle. They then amputated the right leg at the ankle and threw the boy into a l~trine pit. He was still alive when the rebels and TF1-015 departed, as his cries were audible. 2209 1150. TF1-015 was ordered to accompany the rebels to the Sunna Mosque. Upon ar#ital at . I the Mosque, he met 30 Commanders, including Kallon and Colonel Rambo. 2210 ~lonel Rambo was not happy that TF1-015 was still alive and proposed that the other Commanders vote on whether or not he should be killed. The voting was evenly divided, with 15 vqt~s on each side. Kallon was amongst those who voted for his death. As a result of the stalem~tt, the i Commanders asked Sylvester Kieh, a young fighter, to cast the deciding vote. He vqt~d in r ; favour of TF1-0 15, saving his life.2211 ! 1151. When DIS-188 was in Pendembu in 1998, he received information about COIltocky ! killing civilians. DIS-188 reported the matter to Bockarie who summoned Superman,!I1allon and Rocky to Buedu.2212 5.1.2.5. Rapes in Koidu 1152. TFl-217 was in Koidu during the attack by the AFRC/RUF forces in February4¥arch 1998. The rebels forcibly entered civilian houses during the night on a regular baN stabbed people, took property and raped women. On those mornings when news sptdad i i such events from the previous evenings, TFl-217 would go to the local hospital. He state~1 that: [On arrival at the hospital] we met young women that were raped and young people - men that were damaged. And it happened many times. 22l3 1153. AFRC/RUF fighters also regularly raped women who were being used to carry Ib~ds the Guinea Highway area of Koidu in March 1998. 2214 5.1.2.6. Sexual Slavery and 'Forced Marriages' 2208 Transcript of 27 January 2005, TFl-015, pp. 135-136. 2209 Transcript of 27 January 2005, TFl-015, pp. 129-132. 2210 Transcript of 27 January 2005, TFI-015, p. 128. 2211 Transcript 27 January 2005, TFI-015, pp. 137·141, 144-149. 2212 Transcript of26 October 2007, DIS-188, p. 111. I I i 2213 Transcript of 22 July 2004, TFI-217, p. 10. I 2214 Transcript of 11 April 2005, TFI-141, pp. 89-95. /1-,;1.:, f 'fY Case No. SCSL-04-15-T 353 2 Ma~c~ 2009 !' P-1!~~ I 1154. In February and March 1998, as the Junta troops travelled to Kono, many c~ Han I. women and girls from villages along the road were forcibly abducted by the fighters.!p me women were forced into marriage, used as domestics to do cooking or housework, and F ers were raped.221 5 II, 1155. Following the capture of Koidu in February/March 1998, TFl.Q71 saw womenl!, eing forcibly taken from their husbands, parents and home villages, particularly from seia e to Koidu. Some were raped and others, ~specially the beautiful ones, became the wives I~.,·... the Commanders. These women were under the control of the Commanders and were resp~ sible for cooking for them and "serving them as their wives," meaning that the rebels us the women for sexual purposes.v'" 5.1.2.7. Burning during retreaj! from Kono , 1156. About one month after the r~~bels occupied Koidu, ECOMOG forces regrou d in i order to recapture Koidu and madel advances from Sewafe heading to Koidu. Su i man ! I reported the ECOMOG advance to B~JCkarie and informed him that his men did not ' fight. Upon hearing this, Bockarie orJered Superman to burn down the houses of all i who refused to fight. 2217 1157. When the ECOMOG forces entered Koidu sometime in mid-April 1998, me 221 8 the AFRC/RUF, including the Special Task Force, were torching houses in Koidu. reported the burning to Kallon, who Was at Hill Station on the Guinea Highway. Kallo ' only 221 9 response was that ECOMOG were a~vancing and he did not take any action. The continued until the troops pulled out !ofKoidu, by which point it was completely destr TFl-071 testified that Koidu looked lile a 'ghost town'.2221 1158. As the rebels retreated frorn Koidu, they destroyed the Sewafe Bridge that , I 2215 Transcript of 19 January 2005, TFl-071'~PP' 28-40; Transcript of 11 April 2005, TFl-141, pp. 83- Transcript of 28 April 2005, Denis Koker, pp 46-47;•. DIS-089,Transcript 29 February 2008, p. 93. 2216 Transcript of 19 January 2005, TFl-071, )p. 37-39; Exhibit 119, AFRC Transcript of 20 May 2005, pp.3-6. I 2217 Transcript of 16 May 2007, Issa Sesay, pp14-15. 2218 Transcript of 17 July 2006, TFI-041, pp. 0,45-46. 2219 Transcript of 10 July 2006, TFI-041, p. 4 l;Transcript of 17 July 2006, TFI-041, pp. 41-42. 2220 Exhibit 119, AFRC Transcript of 20 May 2005, TFI-334, pp. 8-9, 29, 31. 2221 Transcript of 19 January 2005, TFl-071, lp.51-52. /' ~ 2 Ma 12009 Case No. SCSL-04-15-T 2222 ECOMOG forces would be unable to defend the town. 5.1.3. Tombodu 5.1.3.1. Burning of civilian homles 1159. After ECOMOG forces had driven the rebels from Freetown in February Bockarie ordered that houses in Tombodu should be set on fire. He stated that instea of supporting the Junta forces, the civilians were running away into the bush, and they wo need their houses there.2223 Staff Alha]i read this order to TFl-012, who was being in 2224 captivity by the RUF. TF1-012 saw 36 houses burned that evening. The in Tombodu was an operation organised jointly between the AFRC and the RUF. 2225 1160. After the announcement that ECOMOG forces had arrived in Kono in pril 1998, TFl-197 saw houses on fire in Tombodu.2226 When TFl-071 arrived in Tombodu t July 2227 1998, all of the houses had already been burned down by Col. Savage. Tombod 2228 Koidu, looked like a "ghost town" with very few houses left standing. 5.1.3.2. Beating and Looting Mcivilian petty traders 1161. During the period from February to March 1998, civilians inhabiting the surro ding area of Tombodu set up small booths in the bush in order to sell items. AFRC/RU regularly harassed the civilians, beat them and threatened to kill them if they did not su diamonds, palm oil, rice and money. 2m 1162. On one occasion, the rebels blindfolded a number of the civilians, bea them mercilessly with sticks and gun butts, and held them down in nests of black ants. The tness explained: ! 2222 Transcript of 12 July 2005, TFl-361, pp. 2:.11....• ; Transcript of 25 July 2005, TFl.360, p. 11; Transcript .'.'.. f 6 July 2005, TFl.360, p. 109; Transcript of 8 November 2005, TFl.366, pp. 43-45; Transcript of 17 January 2 0 , DIS· 214, p. 109; Transcript of 22 April 2008, DM!K-161, p. 56. r 2223 Transcript of 2 February 2005, TFl..Q12, pp. 17-18. 2224 Transcript of 2 February 2005, TFl..Q12, pp, 18-19. 2225 Exhibit 119, AFRC Transcript of 20 May :W05, TFl-334, pp. 16-17. 2226 Transcript of 21 October 2004, TF1.197, p. 93. 2227 Transcript of 21 January 2005, TFl..Q71,p. 98. Col. Savage was also sometimes referred to as Staff Transcript of 14 October 2004, George johnson, p. 43. 222BTranscript of 21 January 2005, TFl..Q71, ~" 98. ""7",[Pt of21 October 2004. TFI-197. li>P. n74~ ~ /' 2 Mac~ 2009 Case No. SCSL..Q4-15-T 355 At that time, after beating us mercilessly, they said if we don't produce the money they are going to kill us [...] I was so beaten that I was bleeding from my nose, through my eyes. Then they began ~iring between our legs.m o ! i i 1163. In order to prevent the rebels from further mistreating the other civilians, TF1-19 Itold the rebels that he operated one of the 'businesses. The rebels then left the other civilia s land I beat TFl-197 with their sticks and stabbed him in the head, only stopping when he pr fced 2231 I money and goods. TF1-197 retains a scar on his head from the stabbing. i ! I 1164. Rebels forcibly seized from TF1 .. 197 a bicycle, about Le 500.000 and other items Pft he had for sale, primarily cigarettes. TFl-Hn was told that the leader of these rebels, named Musa, reported to Staff Alhaji. One of the rebels, however, referred to his boss as Commando. !~ome of the rebel" including Musa, were dressed in full military fatigues, while others wore Mixed civilian and military clothing. 22E I I 5.1.3.3. Killings by Savage ang StaffAlhaji ! 1165. Between February and March 1998, about 200 civilians were executed in Tomb the orders of AFRC Commander Savage. The civilians were killed for cheering for EC 00 troops. The bodies were then dumped in a pit, which was known as "Savage Pit". Duri this period, TF1-167 saw many dead bodies in the pit and others in front of the court buil i~g in Tombodu.2233 In another incident, Savage and his men beheaded about 47 civilia ~ and dumped their bodies into a diamond pit.