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Five Swedish children abducted by Palestinian father
A Palestinian man abducted his five Swedish children and fled to the Gaza Strip, where he has held them illegally for more than two months, his former wife and the Swedish Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. A relative of the father said the children, ages 6 to 16, will not be allowed to return to Sweden, because the Gaza family does not want them to live a Western life style and destroyed their Swedish passports. Swedish and Palestinian officials are trying to resolve the family drama, which pits Islamic custom against Western law. However, growing unrest and lawlessness in the West Bank and Gaza Strip raise questions about the ability of Palestinian authorities to take action. The children's mother, Elisabeth Krantz, said her ex-husband, Ismail Nowajah, a Gaza native, removed the children from their home in the southwestern Swedish town of Kungsbacka on June 4, under the pretext of taking them on a vacation to Cairo, Egypt. However, the next day Nowajah sent them by taxi to his sister's home in Gaza City, Krantz said. She said her ex-husband called her two days after leaving Sweden, and told her she would never see the children again. She said she's had limited contact with them and that they are being held against their will.Posted by: TS(vice girl) 2004-08-12 |
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