Tortured boy flies in for treatment.
A 10-YEAR-OLD boy who suffered severe burns in Sierra Leone after he was tortured by rebels has arrived in the UK to undergo medical treatment.Issa Kamara was staying with a family in Norfolk in preparation to begin treatment at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust after he arrived in England on Sunday night.
Issa was captured by rebels of the Revolutionary United Front in 1998 with his mother. She was raped and made to sing while rebels held her son over a fire.
He needs corrective surgery to burns on his face and an operation to correct bones in his hand and wrist.
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| Publication: | Daily Post (Liverpool, England) |
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| Date: | Sep 11, 2001 |
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