Mona rang this evening after a horrendous day and asked me to share what happened.
This morning, the bus transporting the children overheated while struggling over long, rough, hilly routes. A truck had to be called to take it away, leaving the children waiting for cars to take them to the centre.
This afternoon, the situation turned terrifying.
A car carrying children was stopped by soldiers at a checkpoint. One child panicked, jumped out and ran. Soldiers began shooting at the car’s tyres, and the child managed to escape.
Remaining in the car was not an option. The driver and children had to flee on foot, dodging bullets. Kindergarten children. Scenes, Mona says, like something from a film - except this was real.
They took shelter in neighbouring homes while arrangements were made for their families to collect them.
Mona’s question says it all,
“What more can they do to us? We are humans, not animals.”
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