Kundrati

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Kundrati Crisis: Armed Forces attempt to liberate labor camps without success

[24 July 5586]

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Within the last few days, the Armed Forces of Kundrati have conducted an operation to liberate several labor camps under the control of the Kundrati Legion. These camps, some as small as a farm and some as large as an arms factory, were protected by Legionnaires who patrolled the area 24/7.

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The attack occurred early in the morning on two major arms factories and three smaller farms and mining areas, which were being used as forced labor camps for their respective regions. However, in most of these cases, the Legionnaires were tipped off beforehand, and the army units, which did not expect much of a fight, had to battle door to door against Legionnaires and some prisoners who were armed and forced to fight. The army units at the two major arms factories were unable to secure the factories, being stuck outside and taking hours to get inside, as the Legionnaires did their very best to defend the factory from constant assault.

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The two arms factories were subject to continued bombardment from nearby artillery and air units, which caused much damage to the factories. After spending almost the rest of the day fighting with the Legionnaires, armed with the best equipment, the army could only get through half of the arms factories and were forced to pull back to base. However, in the course of these events, they were able to document many bodies, including mass graves, that were strewn around both from the battle and from the labor that they were forced to perform. Countless amounts of bodies were seen wearing their work camp uniforms, and some of them had clear signs of torture and malnourishment. Photos and videos were taken, and those were taken back to the army headquarters.

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The attack on the minor mining and farming camps was more successful as there was similar fierce fighting, yet the army captured these camps after around a day's worth of battle. The fighting there included the destruction of various work sites within the camps alongside barracks and the like. Some of these were burnt because of the fight and arson performed by the Legion. A search was conducted after the capture of the camps, which resulted in more mass graves and bodies being found; however, curiously, barely any documents were found in offices. These were also documented for later review.

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Some of these bodies also had clear signs of execution, like holes in bodies and marks that are consistent with axes or strangulation, though some of these bodies were so old they were skeletons. Such information has been freely released to the Terran Wide Web as documentation showing the atrocities possibly being performed in these work camps. However, the army was unable to recover any survivors of these camps. Unfortunately, it is likely the Legion has managed to kill or relocate everyone in these camps.