Daily Star
A former Liberian rebel commander notorious for sacrificing children and eating their hearts has vowed to find redemption by helping ex-child soldiers off drugs.
The gruesome killer was dubbed the “most evil man in the world” after he admitted to heinous crimes against thousands of innocent people.
Joshua Blahyi was one of the most violent and feared figures to rise from the West African country’s civil wars.
He was known by most as “General Butt Naked” due to fighting battles in the nude – something he believed bestowed him with a “spiritual power” that made him invincible in war.
The Liberia civil wars, which raged from 1989 to 1998 and 1999 to 2003, were filled with vile acts of torture, rape and mass killings.
It is estimated that over a quarter of a million people died during the conflicts.
Some of the worst crimes were conducted by child soldiers who were hooked on drugs by their superiors.
These children were left with intense addiction after the fighting came to an end, and many fell into a life of crime and broke away from society.
Blahyi admits that he destroyed thousands of lives and claims he now wants to make amends.
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