A 12-year-old Yazidi girl managed to escape sex slavery at the hands of her ISIS captors by slipping sleeping pills in their tea.
The
girl was being held by the militants with her 17-year-old aunt, but by
drugging them into a deep sleep, both women managed to escape.
They found safety in nearby, Kurdish held territory.
The 12-year-old girl who escaped ISIS
fighters by slipping sleeping pills in their tea is photographed
with Vian Dakhil, the only Yazidi member of the Iraqi parliament
The
story was confirmed by Vian Dakhil, the only Yazidi member of the Iraqi
parliament, who has been honoured for her commitment to raising
awareness of the group's plight.
She said the two girls were held at a house in Tel Afar, near Mosul, for nearly four months before they made their escape.
They apparently did so by asking the ISIS fighters for pills to help them sleep.
Dakhil told Kurdish BasNews: 'Then, they put the medicine in militants’ tea and secured their escape after they fell asleep.'
The UN believe ISIS are holding around
3,500 Yazidi women and children, with many girls being sold into sexual
slavery, or given to militant fighters as rewards
The girl has been reunited with her mother and sister, but two of her siblings are still being held by ISIS militants.
The
Yazidi group are an ethno-religious minority with ancient roots in
Iraq, who have been persecuted by ISIS for being 'infidels' since 2014,
when the fighters surrounded their homeland of Mount Sinjar.
In
addition to killing Yazidi men, the UN believe ISIS are holding around
3,500 women and children as slaves in horrific conditions, often
deprived of food and water.
The Yazidi people are an entho-religious minority in Iraq, who have been persecuted by ISIS since 2014 for being 'infidels'
Women
are subjected to sexual slavery by ISIS, something they justify on
account of the group not being Muslim. Girls as young as 12 are sold for
sex, or given to fighters as rewards.
Those who refuse to submit are often killed, in addition to older women who ISIS feel serve them no use.
Said
Mamuzini, a Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) official from Mosul, also
told BasNews: 'At least 250 girls have so far been executed by IS for
refusing to accept the practice of sexual jihad, and sometimes the
families of the girls were also executed for rejecting to submit to IS's
request.'
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