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PRISTINA, Kosovo — A Roma family expelled from France in a case that touched off protests and a government investigation suffered another setback on Sunday when the mother was beaten and hospitalized in Kosovo.PRISTINA, Kosovo — A Roma family expelled from France in a case that touched off protests and a government investigation suffered another setback on Sunday when the mother was beaten and hospitalized in Kosovo.
The police in Mitrovica, a city in northern Kosovo, said that Resat and Dzemila Dibrani, deported from France this month with their 15-year-old daughter, Leonarda, were accosted Sunday by another Roma couple in downtown Mitrovica. The police in Mitrovica, a city in northern Kosovo, said Resat and Dzemila Dibrani, deported from France this month with their 15-year-old daughter, Leonarda, were accosted Sunday by another Roma couple in downtown Mitrovica.
Ms. Dibrani, who was briefly hospitalized, sustained unspecified injuries after the other Roma man stopped her and asked about the fate of a child from their past relationship, a Kosovo official said on the condition of anonymity. Both couples are being questioned by the police. Ms. Dibrani, who was briefly hospitalized, sustained unspecified injuries after the other Roma man stopped her and asked about the fate of a child from their past relationship, a Kosovo official said on the condition of anonymity. The police were questioning both couples.
The deportation of the Dibrani family, whose requests for asylum were rejected, set off a storm criticism and protests in France when details of Leonarda’s detention during a school field trip became public. On Saturday, the French government said that while the family’s deportation was legal, “there was a lack of discernment in the execution of the operation.” The deportation of the Dibrani family, whose requests for asylum were rejected, set off a storm criticism and protests in France when details of the daughter’s detention during a school field trip became public.
On Saturday, President François Hollande of France said that while the family’s deportation was legal, “there was a lack of discernment in the execution of the operation.”