- MAKKAH: Police in Sharafiya district in Jeddah sent an Arab girl to a care home after she was rescued from of severe torture.
The Prosecutions and Investigations Commission is interrogating her father and grandmother for abuse. In a counter petition, the father accused his former wife, the child's mother, of kidnapping the child from school.
The mother said the girl was staying with her ex-husband after their divorce, and that she was not allowed to see the child. Recently, a horrified class teacher informed the mother that the girl carried marks of severe physical punishments, she said. Consequently, the mother went to the girl’s school, but her ex-husband did not allow her to see the girl.
The mother complained to the Sharafiya police who sent the girl for medical examination to verify the complaint. The medical checkup revealed that the girl had damaged internal organs and was getting blood in the urine. She was given emergency treatment for seven days. Police reported the matter to the Social Affairs Department for necessary action.



