CAIRO – An Egyptian Health Ministry official says a 17-year-old girl has died while undergoing female circumcision.
Lotfi Abdel-Sameeia told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the girl died of a suspected stroke while under anesthesia during the operation in the city of Suez. Authorities ordered the hospital closed and referred doctors for prosecution after the girl died on Saturday.
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Female genital mutilation was criminalized in 2008 but remains widespread in Egypt.
Vivian Fouad, head of the Health Ministry’s anti-FGM program, called the incident a “crime committed by criminals known as doctors. ” She said such operations are usually carried out on younger girls.
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