With the state shattered, armed gangs offer food, shelter and perilous safety to young people – but at a terrible cost
When Davensky was eight years old, he was kidnapped from school. An armed gang pulled a black bag over his head, dragged him from class and threw him into a truck. He was taken to an unknown location, stripped and locked inside a refrigerated room. Some time later, his captors handed him a gun.
“They pointed to another child and said I had to kill him. It was a test. They said if I didn’t pull the trigger, they would cut off my fingers,” he says, speaking in quick bursts. “I did it.”
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With the state shattered, armed gangs offer food, shelter and perilous safety to young people – but at a terrible costWhen Davensky was eight years old, he was kidnapped from school. An armed gang pulled a black bag o...
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