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Little girl, 5, left paralysed after having 'her spine crushed' during horrific rape

Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio declared the 'rape scourge' a national emergency. [Reuters]

A five-year-old girl who was left paralysed after being raped in Sierra Leone had her spine crushed during the horrific ordeal.

The girl, whose identity has been kept secret for her own safety, was left paralysed waist down after being raped by a 28-year-old male relative a year ago.

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