Farmers kidnapped , beaten days after election for challenging land confiscation . Comment: Ben Freeth recalls being beaten with a shambock , a whip made of hippo hide . Two nuns went to Mount Carmel on June 26 , the day before the runoff , wanting to buy sweet potatoes , Freeth said . Mike and Angela Campbell -- 75 and 67 -- still recovering from June beating .
Farmers kidnapped , beaten days after election for challenging land confiscation . Comment: Ben Freeth recalls being beaten with a shambock , a whip made of hippo hide . Mike and Angela Campbell -- 75 and 67 -- still recovering from June beating .