Girl receives damages for genital mutilation

by Peter Vinthagen Simpson
The Local
May 26, 2009

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1732/girl-receives-damages-for-genital-mutilation

Excerpt:

A 19-year-old girl in Gothenburg has been awarded compensation after having been subjected to genital mutilation in Somalia as an 11-year-old.

The girl was awarded 390,000 kronor ($52,000) in damages for abuse and gross violation of integrity (grov fridskränkning), the Crime Victim Compensation and Support Authority (Brottsoffermyndigheten) has announced.

Then 11-years-old, the girl was taken on holiday to Somalia in 2001. While there she was subjected to genital mutilation.

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