Police have arrested four people after a 12-year-old girl died when a doctor performed a female genital mutilation (FGM) procedure on her. Nada Hassan Abdel-Maqsoud was taken by her parents, uncle and aunt to a private clinic in Manflout, located in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut, for an FGM procedure which resulted in her death. The 12-year-old’s parents, aunt and the doctor who carried out the procedure have all been detained pending investigation. It is unclear whether Nada’s uncle will also be detained. What happened? A forensic investigation revealed that the FGM procedure carried out on Nada was done so without anesthesia and by a 70-year-old doctor who was not qualified as a surgeon, reported Youm7. During questioning, the doctor, identified only as ‘Ali A.A’, admitted that no nurses, anesthesiologist or other staff at the clinic were involved and that Nada’s mother and aunt watched the procedure from start to finish. The doctor said that Nada’s family had requested a ‘plastic surgery’ operation on Nada’s female genital organs. The doctor added that during the operation, Nada started bleeding profusely and that he was unable to stop the bleeding. Statements…
Four Arrested After 12-Year-Old Egyptian Girl Dies from Female Genital Mutilation
February 1, 2020
