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Saudi girl, 15, barricades herself in bedroom after being married to 90-year-old groom for huge dowry
8th January 2013 – 11:06
A 90-year-old Saudi Arabian man is suing the family of his 15-year-old child-bride after she shut herself in her bedroom on their wedding night. The terrified teen locked the door from the inside so that her new husband could not enter on their first night as a married couple, and two days later she fled […]
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