All the people involved in the death of a 10-year old girl who underwent female genital mutilation (FGM) in Somalia will face prosecution as the government seeks to fight against the age-old tradition.
This would be the first-ever prosecution of FGM in the country.
Deeqa Dahir Nuur makes part of the 98 per cent of women and girls who have undergone FGM in Somalia. She is also part of those who have died after the procedure.
Nuur underwent the procedure on July 14, and a cut in one of her veins caused her to bleed. Unable to stem the bleeding, the family took the girl to Dhusmareb hospital, where she bled to death.
Somalia’s attorney general Ahmed Ali Dahir sent a team of 10 investigators to Nuur’s parents and the village cutter.
