Police save 15-year-old girl from forced marriage

German police saved a 15-year-old Hamburg girl from a forced marriage this week, freeing her from the family home of her husband-to-be, a spokesman told The Local on Friday: ““We were informed by Hamburg police that a girl was being held against her will,” Berlin police spokesman Guido Busch said, “We were able to secure her and hand her over to emergency child protection services.”

via:[http://www.thelocal.de/society/20100430-26899.html]

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