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Mother on trial in France for 1980s torture killing of daughter

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A 72-year-old woman, Halima El Bakhti, is on trial in France for the torture killing of her four-year-old daughter in the 1980s. The cold case was reopened after a DNA match linked El Bakhti and her ex-husband, Ahmed Touloub, to the child. Child rights activists protested outside the courthouse in Blois, calling for justice. AI

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Mother on trial in France for 1980s torture killing of daughter

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Agence France-Presse ·

    Mother, 72, on trial in France over 1980s torture killing of 4-year-old daughter

    A 72-year-old woman on Monday went on trial in France accused of torturing her four-year-old daughter to death in the 1980s, after a DNA match reopened the cold case. The main defendant walked briskly, head dropped and face hidden with a scarf, as she left the courtroom in the to…

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