Liberia woman pleads for help to treat assault injuries

A 57-year-old Liberian small-scale business woman is pleading for help to undergo medical treatment after she was sexually assaulted by a gang of seven men who left her bleeding.

She told Monrovia's “Prime FM” radio the gang traced her home after spotting her transporting money.

She said the men broke into her room from the roof, forced her to surrender the money and then assaulted her.

A junior minister at the Ministry of Gender has condemned the act.

Analysts see the incident as part of the growing insecurity sweeping across Liberia, with the government doing very little to protect vulnerable people and women and children.

This article originally appeared in BBC News

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