Britain arrests two in suspected female genital mutilation case

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Britain arrests two in suspected female genital mutilation case

British police have arrested two people in London on suspicion of conspiracy to carry out female genital mutilation (FGM) and placed a young girl in the care of social services, a police statement said on Saturday. They came only days after London hosted a one-day summit on FGM and forced marriage where the government announced it would earmark 1.4 million pounds ($2.4 million) for a prevention program and prosecute parents allowing the practice. The man was arrested in Newham, east London, on Saturday and a 40-year-old woman was also arrested in Hackney, northeast London, it said. "With concerns for her welfare, specialist officers took the girl - a UK national - into the care of social services," the statement said.

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