2023-05-27 18:03:00
The mother of Eya, 10, who had been kidnapped by her father on Thursday in Isère (south-eastern France), found her daughter in Denmark, Eric Vaillant, public prosecutor in Grenoble, said on Saturday.
“The mother has recovered her little girl Eya. She is in good health,” said Mr. Vaillant in a Whatsapp message to the press.
Thirty hours following her abduction, the girl was found on Friday followingnoon in Rodbyhavn, regarding a hundred kilometers south of Copenhagen, a crossing point for ferries from Germany.
According to the Danish police, her kidnappers, her father and an accomplice, were arrested around 2:30 p.m. and Eya was able to be put “in safety”. Friday evening, Mr. Vaillant had indicated that the young girl was doing “as well as possible following such events” and the French Embassy had dispatched a team to Rodbyhavn “to facilitate the process between Eya’s mother and the Danish authorities. “. She added that Eya’s mother intended “to reach France as soon as possible” with her daughter.
In Grenoble, Mr. Vaillant said on Saturday that the handing over of the two suspects to the French authorities might take “from a few days to several weeks”.
“This may vary depending on the position of the defendants, if they agree to be handed over to the French authorities or if they decide to pursue legal remedies in Denmark,” he said.
Eya, educated in CM2, had been kidnapped Thursday while she was walking with her mother on the way to her school in Fontaine, in the suburbs of Grenoble. According to the prosecution, the father “and a hooded accomplice” “gassed the little girl’s mother with tear gas” before seizing the child.
The information in the possession of the investigators suggested that the father, his accomplice and the child had gone abroad, with possible destinations Sweden and Tunisia, countries corresponding to the dual nationality of the father, aged 53.
Judicial information was opened, in particular for aggravated violence once morest the mother of the child, as well as for subtraction by ascending and complicity. A European arrest warrant had been issued.
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