Teenage girl rescued from severe torture [Archives:2005/902/Local News]

AL-MAHWEET, Dec. 10)A 13-year-old orphan girl was rescued after severely tortured in al-Rajm District, the governorate of al-Mahweet. The teenage was tortured by one of her merciless guardian last Wednesday.

Shafiqa al-Muntaser received psychological and corporal torture to be then rushed away to al-Jumhouri Hospital in al-Mahweet. The victim is now suffering from fractures in one of her legs and painful burns on her body.

A security source in al-Mahweet revealed that one of Shafiqa's relatives was arrested after the he confessed to locals in the district that he tortured the girl child and confined her with chains in an agricultural farm. The perpetrator forced her to sleep on the cattle dung, burned plastic and poured it on her body.

The girl's guardian who is also a relative tortured the girl for allegedly stealing Qat leaves from his farm as she was on watch of the farm. It is not known whether the girl will be sent back to her guardian after being released from the hospital or not. Yet the locals and neighbors showed signs of support and sympathy to the girl.

Medical personnel of al-Jumhouri Hospital stated that it would take a long period of time for the girl to cure mentally and physically. Eyewitnesses who visited the girl said that Shafiqa's case has become a widely spread street rumor. “Shafiqa, whose both parents passed away, has never known that she would receive such harsh treatment after their death.
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