Parents charged after two cases of female circumcision discovered on Mallorca: "The parents of two young girls from Mali face charges from a court in Mallorca after doctors at a hospital in Palma discovered that the children had undergone female circumcision. The older child is 3 years old, while the youngest is just 15 months.
They arrived on the island with their mother last December, after their father’s arrival more than a year before. It’s understood from El País that the discovery was made by doctors at the Son Llàtzer Hospital where the girls were seen on separate occasions for unrelated health matters – one for a burn she suffered at home, and the other for a fever.
Once the couple were identified, the father was arrested and later released with charges. The mother was not taken into custody as she was staying with her sick daughter in hospital.
Their parents told police that the circumcision took place in Mali when the two girls were under the guardianship of their grandfather, who has since died."
