A Saudi kidnapped a girl from Serbia while the mother went to fetch water

Photo: EPA-EFE / ROBIN UTRECHT

The four-year-old girl from Serbia, who was kidnapped by her father on June 6, has been returned to her mother thanks to the good cooperation of the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia.

The father, a citizen of Saudi Arabia, kidnapped the child from the shopping center and took him to Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, this is not the first time, and he tried to take her to Saudi Arabia before.

Namely, the girl's mother met a Saudi man in China a few years ago, got pregnant there, but returned to Serbia and gave birth.

They were in contact for a while, he wanted to see the child and convinced her to bring him to Saudi Arabia to see where he lived. Then he took their passports and kidnapped them. The mother came up with a plan - to visit her sister. They bought burqas, she and the child got dressed and managed to escape, flying from Saudi Arabia to the Emirates because that was the only place they could go without some rigorous control.

However, in an attempt to board a flight to Serbia, the child was discovered wearing a burqa. Then a drama happened at the airport and they had to call the Serbian consulate.

The woman explained the situation and somehow they approved to give her a passport for her and the child (the sister was the only one with a passport) and to come to Serbia. In the meantime, the father initiated a court case, seeking custody. He was allowed to see the child at certain times and in a public place. That's how it was and they met in TC Voždovac on June 6.

The mother went to buy water for the child for a moment, and he used the opportunity to kidnap the child and run away. He crossed illegally into Bosnia and Herzegovina. He had to call the embassy for a passport for the child and then the ambassador of Saudi Arabia responded.

Being suspicious, the ambassador detained the father and the child, and told the authorities from the Ministry of the Interior that only the mother could come and take the child. The girl's mother was also afraid to enter the embassy of Saudi Arabia because there is a case against her (the child's father reported when she left the country).

Thus, at the ambassador's invitation, the mother and two persons from the Ministry of Education and Culture left tonight. Interpol and BiH police were informed about the whole case. The Serbian consul and the Saudi ambassador managed to convince the father to hand over the child peacefully - Serbian media reports.

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