The Bosnian Serbs torment them, humiliate them, take them hostage.

波斯尼亚的塞尔维亚人折磨他们，侮辱他们，把他们当作人质。

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I'll take two of them hostage, and I'll kill the rest.

我会把两人作为人质，而杀掉其余的。

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"At one point it was judged that he had been trying to separate healthcare staff offering to examine his wife to take them hostage, " the report added.

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The routine practice was to kill a few people as an example, or take their children hostage and kill them if the rubber didn't come in.

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