Christians Who Fled From ISIS militants Cry For Help

oge okonkwo

August 20, 2014 4:47 PM

Most of them escaped with nothing but the clothes on their backs

Ten of thousands of Christians and Yazidis who were displaced from their homes and were able to make it to the United Nations refugee camp on the northern border after a 100 mile trek, had really sad stories to tell.

For some it was a two, three, or even four-day journey to the refugee camp and most of them escaped with nothing but the clothes on their backs.

In an interview with CBN news,one of the survivors said: "When they [ISIS terrorists] came, they caught some people and kidnapped beautiful girls and took them away."

"We escaped. The ones that stayed ISIS killed."

"When they reached Mt. Sinjar, my son went back for food. ISIS captured him, shot him, gouged out his eyes, and beheaded him. His friend buried him"

Another survivor, Fluce Khadr Anun, said she used a cap from a medicine bottle to keep her children alive; "I gave my children a drop of water every hour. The water was very far away."

Twelve-year-old boys, like Tasim and Rezyen, saw things that are likely to haunt them for the rest of their lives.

Rezyen said: "Many kids died on the mountain because there was no water," Rezyen said. "We escaped from ISIS because they wanted us to convert to Islam or be killed."

"I was there when ISIS came and shot one girl with a bullet in the head because they told her to convert. She refused and they killed her,"Tasim recalled.

"We are sleeping on the ground. The rain is coming and we don't know what we are going to do. We have no future," Tasim said.

another refugee told CBN News.

They are calling on the West and the US government to help them.

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