The Muslim family of a teenage girl of Bosnian origin shorn and violently beat her on Monday in Besançon when the two lovers returned from a runaway.
They did not want their daughter to marry a Christian: the Muslim family of a teenage girl of Bosnian origin shorn and violently beat her on Monday in Besançon when the two lovers returned from a runaway. Alerted by the young man, the police took the parents, uncle and aunt of the teenager, aged 17, into custody. The four adults, presented to the prosecution on Thursday and then to a judge of freedoms and detention, were placed under judicial control with in particular the prohibition to contact the young girl.
They will be tried for “violence against minors in the presence of minors and in a meeting”, by the fall, Margaret Parietti, deputy prosecutor at the Besançon prosecutor’s office, told AFP, confirming information from the Republican East . The young girl, who arrived from Bosnia and Herzegovina more than two years ago with her family, had for several months had a relationship with the boy of Serbian origin who lived in the same building in Besançon. “The two families knew each other and (their relationship) was not a problem, but when the young people started talking about marriage, the girl’s parents said to her: ‘We are Muslims, you will not marry a Christian ‘”, Parietti told AFP.
The young girl is then deprived of a telephone by her family and prevented from contacting her boyfriend. Then the two teenagers decide last week to run away for four days while keeping in touch with their respective parents. “They wanted to show that their love was strong,” said Ms. Parietti. While on the run, the 20-year-old boy receives “threats on his phone” from his girlfriend’s parents. Back in Besançon, the couple take refuge in the young man’s family apartment. Then put in confidence by messages from her mother who “appears more reassuring”, the teenager joined her home on Monday with her boyfriend, accompanied by the boy’s parents.
“Outpouring of violence”
The situation does not take long to degenerate. “The first slap came from the mother, then there was a surge of violence. She is taken to a room, abused. She was shaved, according to her statements, by her uncle, her father’s brother, while being struck “, detailed the magistrate, stressing that she had previously” 60 cm of hair “. According to the Republican East, it is the father of the victim who would have asked his brother to pass the clipper through his daughter’s hair.
The boy’s parents said they did not dare to intervene, not being at home, but their son quickly left the home to notify the police, according to the prosecution. When the police arrived, the girl’s aunt forced her to hide in a room, but she was discovered by the police, then transported to hospital, according to the daily. A doctor gave her a 14-day ITT: she suffers from a broken rib and bruises “everywhere”, in particular “at the level of an ear, which is characteristic of a traction”, according to the vice -procureure.
The parents are also being prosecuted for having hit the teenager since their arrival in France. The young girl, who denounced these facts, was placed “under judicial protection in an appropriate structure”, still according to the prosecution, which specifies that her parents do not know where she is. The Bosnian war (1992-95) between Muslims, Croats and Serbs left deep scars within these communities. Almost 100,000 people lost their lives in the conflict and 2.2 million were left homeless.
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