Muslim Woman Loses Baby After Veil Attack
A young pregnant Muslim woman, who was allegedly attacked in the street for wearing Hijab has lost her baby, her lawyer announced on Monday.
According to reports in the French media the woman, who was four months pregnant, was assaulted in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil on June 13th.
On Monday, the 21-year-old’s lawyer Hosni Maati told AFP that the woman had since suffered a miscarriage.
“Her husband called me this this afternoon. She lost the baby,” the lawyer said before adding that the family were devastated by the tragedy and would not be making any further comment.
A police source involved in the investigation also confirmed the miscarriage to AFP but did not confirm that the attack was the cause of her losing the baby.
In reporting the attack to police she described how she was set upon on Thursday morning by two men in the middle of the street, just after she had finished talking to her mother on the telephone.
Source: thelocal.fr
On Monday, the 21-year-old’s lawyer Hosni Maati told AFP that the woman had since suffered a miscarriage.
“Her husband called me this this afternoon. She lost the baby,” the lawyer said before adding that the family were devastated by the tragedy and would not be making any further comment.
A police source involved in the investigation also confirmed the miscarriage to AFP but did not confirm that the attack was the cause of her losing the baby.
In reporting the attack to police she described how she was set upon on Thursday morning by two men in the middle of the street, just after she had finished talking to her mother on the telephone.
Source: thelocal.fr
