Tragedy underscores girls being forced into marriage
(AP) - A 13-year-old Yemeni child bride who bled to death shortly after marriage was tied down by her 23-year-old husband and repeatedly forced to have sex, according to the child's mother, police, and medical reports. Nijma Ahmed, who had tried to persuade her daughter to have sex with her husband so as not to shame the family, said that before Elham Assi lost consciousness and died, "She looked like she was butchered." More»
