Only last night, Ahmed went against the orders of his apprehensive father and, dragging himself across the floor, dared to look out the window at the hellish scenario all around. He saw the tank moving about 30 metres away, smashing into the shutters of a supermarket and opening a hole in it. He then watched soldiers emerge from the armoured vehicle who cheerfully wandered in to ‘do some shopping’. ‘They filled the tank to the point that they were struggling to get back in.’ He then described the jubilant laughs, the mocking songs, providing a soundtrack to the explosions all night long: ‘Ali,
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