The Look of Silence Page #3

but it's subtle.

So this is the place?

They brought us out here,

and took us that way.

Survivor from Snake River

Kemat.

- Were you lined up?

- Yes, single line.

Were people watching like this?

No! People were too scared to watch.

- No one came out?

- No way.

No one dared.

Is this where Ramli realized

he would be killed?

Yes, he creamed for help..

He screamed,

"They're going to kill us?"

He kept shouting,

"They're going to kill us all."

- Where did you scape?

- By that house.

I could hear screaming

and gunshots.

Bang! bang! bang!

So this is where Ramli

was hacked up.

And this man jumped from the truck...

and escaped into the plantation.

How do you feel

coming back here?

The past is past. I've accepted it.

I don't want to remember.

It's just asking for trouble.

It's covered up.

Why open it again?

The wound has healed.

Is there a path down to the river?

So we dragged them down this hill.

If they didn't want to be dragged,

we threw them.

Like this...

It's slippery.

Now we're safe.

"Help! Mercy!"

We'd drag them.

Some of them screamed.

"Please, sir! Have mercy!"

- But we don't care...

- "Help, please!"

In fact, we beat him again

to shut him up,

because his screams

could frighten my men.

Please don't kill me!"

But we keep pulling him...

There's another man

pulling me from behind.

From here, can the prisoners

see the blood?

Yes.

Yes, because the place

was lit by torches.

- So you know you're about to be killed?

- Yes.

You can see the other's blood?

- Yes, he knows.

- Because others went first.

So he's given up hope.

"I'm about to die" he's thinking.

"I'd better accept it".

This is the spot.

There were boards here.

There was a pier.

I'd walk out there...

Like this.

Some were lying down...

Others were bent over.

The executioner comes and hacks...

Hacks through my neck..

- The blood!

- Blood sprays everywhere.

After my head's cut off,

I'm kicked into the river.

- Kicked that way. He floats...

- So does my head.

His body bobs up and down

Slowly...

My old body...

is heavy now.

May peace be upon...

those who rest here.

My name is Kemat.

I'm here with a friend.

May God have mercy on us all.

May God bless...

everyone resting here,

my friends,

and family.

It is up to God,

to punish those who hurt,

our friends,

and families.

It is not for us to punish.

Oh God, grant us peace.

Inong

Leader of the village death squad

- How old are you?

- 72. Almost a century.

My ID card is now for life.

No need to renew it.

- Excuse me.

- Go ahead.

How did you meet Joshua?

He came here seven years ago.

Your left eye is covered.

so we're testing your right eye.

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