
Police in Denmark, January 27, 2023
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Little Eya, removed this Thursday in Isère, was finally found in Denmark on Friday, announced the public prosecutor of Grenoble, Éric Vaillant, in a press release. “The police called me and I’m going to pick her up”confirmed the mother of the child at the microphone of RTL.
The 10-year-old girl had been kidnapped by her father, helped by a hooded accomplice. The two men were arrested in Denmark, according to the Grenoble prosecutor. After the hypothesis of a flight abroad was confirmed at midday, a European arrest warrant was triggered to facilitate the search.
father accused of “ aggravated violence » and of “ subtraction by ascending »
Judicial information has been opened against the father and his accomplice for “ aggravated violence » on the mother of the child and “ violence » on Eya. The father is also accused of “ subtraction by ascending »and the man who accompanied him “ complicity of subtraction by ascending ».
Aged 53 and possessing dual Franco-Tunisian nationality, Eya’s father reportedly kidnapped his daughter due to a family dispute. He was banned from approaching his daughter, as well as her mother, because of acts of violence committed against them.