Italian police find five-year-old Afghan boy hidden in suitcase of ‘family friend taking him to Germany’
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | December 20, 2012 23:41
A five-year-old Afghan boy has been found hidden in the suitcase of a man getting off a ferry in Venice.
Ali Shaker, 35, of Afghanistan, told Italian police after disembarking from a ferry from Greece, that he was a family friend who was taking the boy to see relatives in Germany on behalf of the boy’s parents.
The undocumented boy, Assim, is believed to be from the Hazara ethnic group from central Afghanistan. His journey may have lasted up to three months.
Following medical checks, the boy is being looked after by a non-governmental association in Venice.
Italian judges are trying to contact his parents to confirm if what Mr Shaker said is true.
Speaking through an interpreter, the police said Assim had told them: ‘I want my father’ and ‘Germany’.
Ali Shaker is currently under house arrest, charged with aiding undocumented immigration.
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