At the age of four, Brian Comacho witnessed the murder of his grandparents and a brutal attack on his mother by rebel Bolivian soldiers, because the family belonged to the "wrong" political party. Their lives in danger, Brian's parents gathered their three children and fled to the UK. They settled in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, where they've been living for the past four years.
The three Comacho children, Brian, eight, Brigith, six, and Nicol, five, are now established at St John's Roman Catholic Primary School. Being the eldest, Brian was the most traumatised by the attacks he witnessed. However, he has responded well to play therapy and counselling since arriving in the UK and is now described by headteacher Jed Morgan as a happy child, like his two younger sisters.
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