Kidnapped girl in Yser: European arrest warrant against father and accomplice

Efforts to find little Eya continue beyond France’s borders. An investigating judge on Friday (May 26) issued two European arrest warrants against the father of a 10-year-old girl and his accomplice, who are suspected of her violent abduction on Thursday in Issaire, Grenoble prosecutor Eric Vaillant said.

A judicial investigation has been launched into the incident “Aggravated violence against the child’s mother”, “violence” For two minors accused, “subtraction in ascending order” for father and “Participation in Subtraction with Ascendant” The prosecutor announced for his accomplice and clarified that the warrant issued for two men was “Issued in the context of a European Arrest Warrant”.

“The elements we have suggest that the father, his accomplice and the son are now abroad.”Mr. Vaillant said in a press release Friday morning. “Possible destination countries are obviously Sweden and Tunisia”He adds that his father, 53 years old, has the nationality of both countries. In the morning, the prosecutor’s office canceled the kidnapping alert that started on Thursday evening.

Born in Tunisia

The girl was abducted on Thursday at 8:15 a.m. while walking with her mother to her school in Fontainebleau, a suburb of Grenoble, where she attends CM2. An agent of the social center, in front of which the facts occurred, tried in vain to intervene, informed Agence France-Presse Frank Longo, the mayor of this city of 23,000 inhabitants.

According to the information of the prosecution, father “And the hooded accomplice” has “Little girl’s mother was shot with tear gas” Before the arrest of Eya. The 33-year-old mother told him about it The Dauphine released him that they were suddenly blocked by a car in which, according to him, he recognized the child’s father. Because the driver sprayed him with tear gas, his “The ex-husband was caught [l’enfant] in her hair and forced her to get into the back seat with him”she said, saying she was afraid he would take her abroad.

“When she started school here, the father was still seeing his daughter. But he could not see her for a long time. “, the mayor also confirmed and specified that the mother had family in Fontaine, namely her sister. According to the prosecutor’s office, “The father is suspected of violence against the mother in the past”.

A photograph of the girl and her father, as well as her identity, were released in a kidnapping alert, as was the registration of the Peugeot 306 she may have been driving. The child, who was born in Tunisia, where his mother went to study and married in 2012, has dual Franco-Tunisian nationality. According to the local press, they returned to France in 2017.

According to one of her colleagues, Frances Bleu Yser, Eya’s mother “He literally spent days in his car in front of the school, he made sure [le père] would not come to collect his daughter”.