French woman allegedly held captive by husband for 12 years rescued in Pakistan

Yasmina alleges she was held along with her five children, and they were all cut off from the outside world.

Pakistan police rescue French woman and children allegedly held captive by husband for 12 years

Husband arrested after Sylvie Yasmina, 54, and five children found at home in north-western province Pakistan police say they have rescued a French woman and her five children after she told authorities she had been held captive by her husband for more than a decade and subjected to years of domestic abuse in the country’s north-west. The woman, identified as 54-year-old Sylvie Yasmina, was rescued earlier this week from a mud-brick home in Bara, a town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the...

By Associated Press in Peshawar

French woman rescued in Pakistan after husband allegedly held her captive for 12 years

Pakistan police said on Wednesday that they had rescued a French woman and her five children after she told authorities she had been held captive by her husband for more than a decade and subjected to years of domestic abuse in the country’s northwest. The woman, identified as 54-year-old Sylvie Yasmina, was rescued earlier this week from a mud-brick home in Bara, a town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Afghan border, district police chief Waqar Ahmad said. He said Yasmina’s husband,...

By Associated Press

French woman allegedly held captive by husband for 12 years rescued in Pakistan

Pakistani man held French woman, children captive for 12 years; child's escape leads to rescue

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By TOI World Desk

Held captive for a decade: French woman, 5 kids rescued in Pakistan

Pak Man Kept French Wife Trapped For 10 Years. Son Gets Cops To Free Her

The woman, identified as French national Sylvie Yasmina, told police that her husband was "very violent" and abused the family "on a daily basis", according to local reports.