A 40-year-old Tunisian
man was arrested in Sicily Friday after kidnapping his three
daughters from a village in the south of France where their
mother has exclusive custody of them.
The man was arrested in the fishing port of Mazara del Vallo
near Trapani as he was about to board a bus.
He was trying to take the girls to Tunisia, police said.
The man has been detained in a Trapani jail, in the sex
offenders unit.
POlice said that three weeks ago he carried out a burglary in
France with three accomplices and raped the owner's wife to
force him to hand over al his valuables.
French police had issued an international warrant for aggravated
robbery, group sexual violence and kidnapping.
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