"I, a detainee at the above mentioned address, received a letter from my neohew informing me that my home was completely burnt down by the security forces. All the seven houses, including five granaries, were levelled to the ground, save one house, where a few belongings were also saved.
"Roughly the whole number of people arrested number about 20. As for livestock the whole herd of cattle, whole flock of sheep and goats were also impounded and I have absolutely no knowledge of their whereabouts at the moment of writing this letter. My reason of notifying you about this saddening incident at my home is merely that I am so desperate and so heartbroken that I really do not know who I should turn to for assistance in any form for the rescue of my family and property in their miserable plight."
-December 1978
