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Warning: This report contains details that some readers may find distressing.

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“It’s distressing to us when she says that she’s going to have to drop out of school,” Cardona said.

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He added that he has "an awful lot of sympathy for the staff members who would have had to come upon that scene and how distressing that must have been".

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In a video screen recording shared with the BBC, from the WhatsApp group used by some of them, the men express their distress about their movements in the war zone.

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"I can only imagine the distress and pain that has been caused to the individuals and their families and the loss of trust and confidence in us as an organisation."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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