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For amsha, it was the start of 11 months of torture. during their occupation of sinjar, the so—called islamic state took over 6000 yazidis hostage, forcing boys into training camps and girls and young women into slavery.
Before is militants attacked, around half a million yazidis called sinjar their home. amsha was in high school, alongside her sisters and brothers. is militants are thought to have murdered over 5,000 yazidis, and of those taken captive, almost 3,000 are still considered missing.
On the 3rd of august 2014, is militants invaded sinjar, the land of the yazidi. the so—called islamic state regarded this religious minority as infidels. reserving for them their most brutal treatment. is militants took amsha and her brother from their car and took them to a nearby base.
Almost seven years later, much of the region remains in ruins and thousands remain missing. despite everything, amsha chose to remain in sinjar. now every day she confronts the deadly legacy left hidden by herformer captors.
Now on bbc news, our world. six years ago, amsha escaped from captivity in northern iraq, after being held by is militants. today she is risking her life to clear her homeland of unexploded mines. in the summer of 2014, is militants swept across northern iraq. in sinjar, they would go on to commit a massacre, taking thousands of young women like amsha hostage.