Italian police have charged a Moroccan man for recently severely injuring his daughter when he beat her in a shopping mall in northern Italy for not wearing a veil.
As a minor, a restraining order had been placed on the woman’s family when she reported a difficult living situation to family services, according to the Gazzetta di Modena newspaper.
Trouble started when her refusal to don a veil and accept an arranged marriage, the paper said.
Recently turned 18, in a Modena shopping mall ran into her father who beat her with kicks and punches breaking her nose.