A 24-year-old Malian asylum
seeker was arrested in Piacenza Tuesday on suspicion of
repeatedly molesting a nine-year-old girl, police said.
The alleged molestation took place inside a migrant centre in
the city, where the girl was staying with her mother, police
said.
The girl is said to have told her parents what happened to
her on several occasions.
Minors' police got an arrest warrant for the man.
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said "An ASYLUM SEEKER, an
African from Mali, was arrested by Piacenza police for SEXUAL
VIOLENCE on a nine-year-old girl, A nine-year-old girl...How
disgusting".
He said such alleged offenders deserved harsher punishment
because they had betrayed Italians' trust, and said he would do
his utmost so that "this gentleman returns to his country as
soon as possible!".
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