Daily Mail UK ^ | April 27, 2016 | Emily Crane / FR Posted on by COUNTrecount
Two Detroit doctors and a woman are charged over brutal genital mutilation of two seven-year-old girls - but they claim it was part of a Muslim religious practice and no crime was committed
Dr Jumana Nagarwala, 44, is charged with performing genital mutilation on two seven-year-old girls from Minnesota in February Another doctor Fakhruddin Attar and his wife Farida have also been charged in relation to the mutilation Dr Nagarwala allegedly carried out the procedures at Dr Attar's private clinic
She denies any wrongdoing and claims she was performing a religious practice for families in a Muslim sect Authorities claim the trio have been part of a female genital mutilation scheme since 2005
Two doctors and a woman have been indicted by a grand jury over the alleged brutal genital mutilation of two seven-year-old girls from Minnesota.
Detroit-based doctors Jumana Nagarwala and Fakhruddin Attar, as well as Attar's wife Farida, have been charged with female genital mutilation and conspiracy. The two doctors are also charged with making false statements to investigators.
Dr Nagarwala, 44, is accused of performing genital mutilation on the two young girls at a private Livonia clinic in Michigan after hours in February. The Burhani Medical Clinic is owned by Dr Attar. (Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
