In the early morning of May 6, 1983, we were awakened by the sounds of firearms being fired in our community. We thought that it was a dream. But it was never a dream. Members of the dreaded Civilian Home Defense Force attacked our village. All of us were rounded up and forced to the front of our church. There, we witnessed and suffered different forms of physical abuse. In front of our church, we also witnessed the burning of our nearby village.