Libyan woman bursts into hotel to tell her story of rape
I saw the report on cable, this woman has the utter air of truth and desperation about her. My heart just breaks for her. I shudder top think what will be next in custody again.
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — Breakfast at a Tripoli hotel housing international journalists took a decidedly grim turn Saturday when a Libyan woman burst into the building frantic to let the world know she had been raped and beaten by Moammar Gadhafi’s forces.
Her face was heavily bruised. So were her legs. She displayed blood on her right inner thigh.
She was well-dressed and appeared to be a well-to-do middle-aged woman. She spoke in English and said she was from the rebel stronghold of Benghazi and had been picked up by Gadhafi’s men at a checkpoint east of Tripoli.
She sobbed and said she was held against her will for two days and raped by 15 men. She showed the journalists how she had been tied at her wrists and ankles. She had visible rope burns.
CNN could not independently verify her story but her injuries appeared consistent with what she said.