Meet Dr. Jumana Nagarwala of Livonia, Michigan who was arrested on Wednesday and charged by the DOJ of performing female genital mutilation on girls “who were approximately 6 to 8 years old.”
Physician charged with mutilating girls’ genitalia https://t.co/NIo7xKtqo1 via @detroitnews
— Robert Snell (@robertsnellnews) April 13, 2017
From the Detroit News:
Seven days later, an FBI child forensic interviewer talked to one of the girls, who said she was brought to Detroit with a second girl for a “special girls’ trip,” according to the FBI.
After arriving in Farmington Hills, the girls were taken to a doctor because “their tummies hurt.”
“While at the doctor’s office, a procedure ‘to get the germs out,’” was performed on the first girl, according to the criminal complaint. The girl was shown a photo of Nagarwala and said she was the doctor who performed the procedure, according to the FBI.
The girl told the FBI that Nagarwala “pinched” her on the “place (where) she goes pee,’” the government alleges.
“(The girl) said that she was told not to talk about the procedure,” FBI Special Agent Kevin Swanson wrote in the complaint.
A subsequent medical examination showed that the girl’s genitals did not appear normal and a section had been altered or removed, according to the court filing.
Why not arrest the parents?
The DOJ announced that, “[t]his is believed to be the first case brought under 18 U.S.C. 116, which criminalizes FGM.”
.@TheJusticeDept: "This is believed to be the first case brought under 18 U.S.C. 116, which criminalizes FGM." pic.twitter.com/iKKGVIOweQ
— Celeste Katz Marston (@CelesteKatzNYC) April 13, 2017
It’s about time.
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