A 50-year-old Moroccan man was
arrested in Florence on Saturday on suspicion of beating his
daughter because she lived a Western lifestyle including
speaking Italian and wearing make-up, police said on Monday.
The violence went on for years and on one occasion the man
allegedly broke a broomstick on her back on her birthday, police
said.
The girl is now 17.
The man is also accused of years of physical and verbal abuse of
his wife, who called police after his latest attack when he also
threatened her with a kitchen knife, police said.
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