Yemeni authorities say they are investigating the reported death of an eight-year-old girl from internal bleeding on the first night of her marriage, in a case that has rekindled international outrage over child brides.<\/p>\n
Yemeni rights campaigner Arwa Othman said earlier this week that the girl, identified as Rawan, died after she was married to a man five times her age who then had intercourse with her, rupturing her uterus.<\/p>\n
Othman said no action has been taken against the man.<\/p>\n
Rajeh Badi, an aide to Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwa, said on Friday:”The government is dealing seriously with this issue and it will investigate it and those responsible will be brought to justice.”<\/p>\n
He had earlier said that the crime had not been confirmed, and that police had not reported such an incident.<\/p>\n
Ahmed al-Quraishi, chairman of child rights’ organisation Siyaj told the AFP news agency that residents from the girl’s home province of Hajjah said she and her family disappeared shortly after the incident.<\/p>\n
Some people in the area said the girl was married to the man who took her to a hotel, and that she died on the wedding night from bleeding caused by sexual intercourse.<\/p>\n
However, a security official in the area told activists investigating the case that the girl and her father were being held by police, without giving any details, Quraishi said.<\/p>\n
Activists also discovered that Rawan’s father had another daughter aged 10, who is also married.<\/p>\n
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