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| Italy girl, 6, calls police for help: 'He's beating my mum' | |
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| A six-year-old in Italy who saw her mother being hit by her partner called the police for help, media reports say. | A six-year-old in Italy who saw her mother being hit by her partner called the police for help, media reports say. |
| "Come, he's beating my mother," the girl tearfully told emergency services in Messina, Sicily, at 02:00 (00:00 GMT) on Wednesday, Rai News reported. | "Come, he's beating my mother," the girl tearfully told emergency services in Messina, Sicily, at 02:00 (00:00 GMT) on Wednesday, Rai News reported. |
| Police arrived to find a 33-year-old woman bleeding from injuries in a courtyard, with neighbours watching on. | Police arrived to find a 33-year-old woman bleeding from injuries in a courtyard, with neighbours watching on. |
| They later arrested her partner, 44, for suspected mistreatment and personal injury of family members. | They later arrested her partner, 44, for suspected mistreatment and personal injury of family members. |
| The man had fled the scene with the couple's three-year-old daughter to the family home they shared. | The man had fled the scene with the couple's three-year-old daughter to the family home they shared. |
| The six-year-old girl, who is not the biological child of the man, was found crying beside her mother, who was taken to hospital for treatment. | The six-year-old girl, who is not the biological child of the man, was found crying beside her mother, who was taken to hospital for treatment. |
| She has been praised by Italian media for her sensitivity and sense of responsibility in calling the emergency services, while nearby witnesses did nothing. | She has been praised by Italian media for her sensitivity and sense of responsibility in calling the emergency services, while nearby witnesses did nothing. |