Police arrest a couple in Elche for subjecting their three-year-old daughter to an ablation

A routine medical check-up carried out on a three-year-old girl in a health centre in Elche (Alicante, 243,128 inhabitants) revealed an already scarred and irreversible intervention corresponding to an ablation, female genital mutilation that is still being performed in some countries, particularly Africans. The report by the doctors reached an investigative court and the Public Prosecutor ' s Office for Minors, who requested the intervention of…

The National Police has arrested a 38-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman in Elche (Alicante) as alleged perpetrators of a serious injury offence, after evidence was found...

The National Police has arrested in Elche, Alicante, a 38-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman, as alleged perpetrators of a serious injury offence, following indications that their daughter, a minor under three years of age, was subjected to a genital surgery that had caused her irreversible injuries.The facts were discovered when the minor went to a routine medical check-up.The case was known to the National Police of the Ilicitan locality fol…

The girl, of Malian origin, was taken care of in a health centre where she detected the consequences of the practice carried out before arriving in Spain.

A couple of 38-year-old men and 26-year-old women have been arrested in Elche (Alicante) for allegedly having subjected their daughter, a girl under 3 years of age, to surgery to remove the clitoris, a practice known as female genital ablation.

The National Police has arrested in Elche (Alicante) a 38-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman, such as...