Girl to the police: “Dad wants me to marry a 50-year-old man”, the father taken from home

Viareggio (Lucca), September 18, 2020 – The State Police a Viareggio has carried out a provision of the prosecutor for the urgent transfer of the domicile of a Pakistan 45 years old, legal in Italy, due to family tensions with his wife and two daughters aged 15 and 8. Tensions due, according to investigations, to the Pakistani’s intention to organize a wedding between the same 15-year-old daughter and a 50-year-old compatriot. Marriage that the daughter rejected.

During a discussion, the Pakistani challenged a knife against the fifteen-year-old girl and her own mother came between the two and was injured in the hand. The girl called 113 and speaking in English he asked for help. Agents found the apartment in deranged, with broken furniture and belongings, the mother and two daughters, also the little one, in a strong state of agitation. Then the investigations began.

Investigations also revealed that the 15-year-old has never seen or met the future husband of 50 years that her father would like to impose on her and even the marriage should have taken place in Pakistan. The girl’s tenacity not to submit to her father’s decision also gave her mother the courage to react and defend her daughter. After the latest violent discussion, officers found that the apartment was a mess, with broken furniture and dishes on the floor, including two large kitchen knives with traces of blood, and that the mother was stabbed in the right hand. .

Accompanied to the hospital, she had a seven-day recovery prognosis. In general, it became known that the father had always had a tyrannical and violent attitude towards the whole family, and that the situation was precipitated with the decision to arrange this marriage. The police immediately activated the “Eva” protocol for the protection of vulnerable victims and, in coordination with the Lucca Prosecutor’s Office, obtained authorization for the urgent transfer of the family home, a measure that will prevent similar events from escalating or repeating themselves. In addition, the organs in charge will follow the family in the psychological and social welfare aspects.