Women of Iraq's Yazidi community--a frequent target of Islamic State terrorists--revealed their traumatic encounter with IS militants during the siege of Mt. Sinjar in August.
"There were 20 of them, with long beards and weapons. They said: 'You're coming to Mosul.' We refused. They hit us and dragged us to their cars," an 18-year old woman, identifying herself as 'Hannan' told BBC.
"Some of us tried to commit suicide, so they took away anything we might use to kill ourselves."
Yazidi women have often been kidnapped and used as sex slaves for IS militants after being forced to convert to Islam. One video released in November shows IS men bartering in an apparent 'slave market' over Yazidi girls.
One woman, 'Khama,' confirmed the existence of such a market.
"They put us up for sale. Many groups of fighters came to buy. Whatever we did--crying, begging--made no difference," Khama said. "An Islamic State sheikh took the money--it wasn't much, 12 U.S. dollars--and said 'this is your price.'"
One woman, 'Janar,' says she witnessed the beating of an 11-year-old girl who was bought and traded between IS militants as a slave.
"There was one 11-year-old girl. They beat her a lot. They gave her to one fighter and then to another one from Mosul," Janar said. "We heard that she killed herself later in Mosul."