Rebels mutilated civilians by carving RUF initials and chopping fingers

Evidence

One of the messengers was a young man. They had carved their initials, RUF (Revolutionary United Front), on his body with a hot bayonet and chopped off all his fingers with the exception of his thumbs. — Farrar, Straus and Giroux Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone- Memoirs of a Boy…, 78

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Farrar, Straus and Giroux Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone- Memoirs of a Boy…, 78
• XREF: connects to: Rebels mutilated wounded paras rather than killing them outright — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 514