Sarah Carr's account of the Maspero Massacre
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And then it happened: an APC mounted the island in the middle of the road, like a maddened animal on a rampage. I saw a group of people disappear, sucked underneath it. It drove over them. I wasn't able to see what happened to them because it then started coming in my direction.
You can also listen to her account of what happened in a phone interview with CBC radio.
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