<a href="https://www.dw.com/en/endfgm-they-force-a-razor-blade-inside-to-open-you/av-18677814?maca=en-Life-links-en-15859-xml-mrss"><img src="https://static.dw.com/image/18656134_302.jpg" width="460" height="259" alt="" title="" border="0" /></a>Bintou was a teenager when she 'faced her crocodile' - that's how they imagined FGM in her village. She was in a group of 30 girls. Three girls died. But that wasn't the last traumatic experience in her life with FGM.

Bintou was a teenager when she 'faced her crocodile' - that's how they imagined FGM in her village. She was in a group of 30 girls. Three girls died. But that wasn't the last traumatic experience in her life with FGM.

<a href="https://www.dw.com/en/endfgm-they-force-a-razor-blade-inside-to-open-you/av-18677814?maca=en-Life-links-en-15859-xml-mrss" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Bintou was a teenager when she 'faced her crocodile' - that's how they imagined FGM in her village. She was in a group of 30 girls. Three girls died. But that wasn't the last traumatic experience in her life with FGM.

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