Another case of kidnapping in North Africa:
"A French woman kidnapped in Morocco for an arranged marriage.
" I thought I could never go back, "says Jennifer, 23, her little Clara 18 months on the knees. This young mother and her child were held against their will for over a month by a family in a small village in the Moroccan countryside, near Khouribga, two hours drive from Casablanca. With a clear goal: she agrees to marry with the eldest son of that family.
"I had been invited by an old high school girlfriend, Nadia, and her husband Rachid to spend a week's holiday with them in Morocco. Nadia had managed to convince me despite my misgivings. At first everything went well. But after three days, Rachel's brother, Mustapha, asked me to marry him. I refused but he kept returning to the charge, "says Jennifer. After one week, Rashid said that the stay would last longer. He is manager of artists and explains that he is detained for signing contracts and he can not bring her back to France as originally planned. "I've seen musicians, contracts, I did not immediately been suspicious," says the femme.Mais young things start to unravel. This time, Nadia returns to the charge and orders them to accept a marriage if she does not want a real one. Jennifer still refuses and gets a promise to reach Casablanca the next day to catch a bus then a boat to France. (...)
Source: Le Parisien, 13/09/2008 http://www.leparisien.fr/abo-faits-divers/une-femme-sequestree-au-maroc-pour-un-mariage-force-13 -09-2008-220177.php
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