According to the New York Post reported on the 25th, the US Department of Justice announced that a 3-year-old girl was recently convicted of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl in a refugee camp in Quantico, Virginia, who had worked for the US military and evacuated Afghanistan.
The eastern virginia district prosecutor said on the 24th that Mohammed Tariq, 24, was convicted by a court on the 21st, who sexually assaulted a 3-year-old refugee in September last year, when the two lived in camp Upshur, a military base in the state, where there is a refugee camp used to house Afghan evacuees.
Infographic: Evacuees board a U.S. C-17 transport plane leaving Afghanistan
Court records show two Marines saw Tariq kiss the 3-year-old girl's face and neck before touching her breasts, privacy and buttocks through her clothes. When the girl tried to break free, Tariq grabbed her and continued to molest her, and he later told police he had done nothing wrong because the acts were "part of his culture." It is understood that Tariq is not related to the girl. The girl left Afghanistan with her family after the collapse of the former Afghan government last summer.
The U.S. District Court conducted a one-day trial of Tariq on the 20th, and the jury found him guilty on the afternoon of the 21st. Jessica Aber, the U.S. federal prosecutor in charge of the case, claimed that "people who come to our country to seek asylum should be able to live safely here." The resilience and courage shown by the victim and her family in speaking out against this criminal truly reflects the contribution of refugees and migrants to our country. ”
The defendant's lawyer said Tariq had previously worked with U.S. forces and left Afghanistan last August to be resettled in a refugee camp at the Apushur base after transiting through Qatar and Germany. According to the New York Post, it was unclear what qualifications Tarik had undergone before he was admitted to the United States, if any, or what work he had done for the U.S. military. Tariq's lawyer said he was from a remote province in Afghanistan, could not read or write in any language, and did not speak English.
Tariq currently faces a maximum life sentence and will be formally sentenced on April 26. The Justice Department noted that actual sentences for federal charges are "generally below" the maximum penal standard, which will be decided by the judge. (Editor: HHJ)