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Jury convicts father in genital mutilation of girl
MSNBC ^ | November 01, 2006 | AP
Posted on 11/02/2006 1:43:04 AM PST by CrawDaddyCA
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - A jury Wednesday found an Ethiopian immigrant guilty of the genital mutilation of his 2-year-old daughter in what was believed to be the first criminal case in the United States involving the ancient African tradition.
Khalid Adem, 30, was convicted of aggravated battery and cruelty to children. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Prosecutors said Adem used scissors to remove his daughter’s clitoris in his family’s Atlanta-area apartment in 2001. The child’s mother, Fortunate Adem, said she did not discover it until more than a year later.
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"Father convicted in genital mutilation"
Associated Press ^ | 11/01/06
Posted on 11/01/2006 2:13:32 PM PST by presidio9
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Knives, razors or even sharp stones are usually used, according to a 2001 department report. The tools often are not sterilized, and often, many girls are circumcised at the same ceremony, leading to infection.
It is unknown how many girls have died from the procedure, either during the cutting or from infections, or years later in childbirth. Nightmares, depression, shock and feelings of betrayal are common psychological side effects, according to a 2001 federal report.
Since 2001, the State Department estimates that up to 130 million women worldwide have undergone circumcision."
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"Murder Squad to quiz father after five die in blaze"
Last updated at 09:01am on 2nd November 2006
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Murder squad detectives were waiting to interview a father of five last night after his wife and four daughters died in their blazing home.
Mohammed Riaz, 40, was unconscious after suffering severe burns in the fire, which was deliberately started at the family's end-of-terrace house early yesterday.
Neighbours revealed that he had been struggling to come to terms with the terminal illness of his only son, Adam, whom he had visited in hospital hours before the blaze.
It claimed the lives of his wife Caneze, 39, and daughters Sayrah, 16, Sophia, 15, Alisha, ten, and Hannah, three.
Police revealed that the doors to the house in Accrington, Lancashire, were locked from the inside - trapping the victims and forcing firemen to smash through a bay window. Mrs Riaz and her daughters were found dead in the same bedroom. Mr Riaz was critically ill in a specialist burns unit.
His 17-year-old son is receiving treatment for leukaemia and had been given three months to live."