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18-02-2010, 06:56 PM
Baby 'Thrown Off Bridge Into River By Father'
US: Search For Baby Allegedly Thrown Off New Jersey Bridge By Her Father Shamsiddi Abdur-Raheem
Adam Arnold, Sky News Online
A major search is resuming in the US for a baby who is believed to have been thrown into a freezing river by her estranged father.
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Shamsiddi Abdur-Raheem (Pic from New Jersey attorney general's office)
Shamsiddi Abdur-Raheem, 21, allegedly told police he tossed three-month-old Zara Malani-lin Abdur off a New Jersey bridge and into the water.
Search teams, including boats, dogs and helicopters, have been scouring the area beneath the Garden State Parkway's Driscoll Bridge for any signs of the child.
Abdur-Raheem had snatched his daughter from the arms of her grandmother while the child's mother was obtaining a restraining order against him, authorities said.
They claimed he forced his way into the grandmother's apartment, hit her in the face, choked her, then forcibly took the baby, wrapped in a blanket.
The 60-year-old woman then chased Abdur-Raheem but was struck when she tried to stop him by throwing herself in the path of his van, it is alleged.
An example of a horrific case of domestic violence.
Acting New Jersey attorney general Paula Dow
The woman, who has not been identified, was treated at a local hospital and later released.
After apparently throwing the baby off the bridge, he then drove to consult his imam, who took him to the home of a relative who called police.
Abdur-Raheem was arrested four hours after the abduction and allegedly confessed to police.
He is due to appear in court charged with kidnapping, attempted murder, aggravated assault and child endangerment.
Acting New Jersey attorney general Paula Dow called it "an example of a horrific case of domestic violence".
The child's mother, Venetta Benjamin, who has sole custody, was in a Newark courtroom seeking a restraining order against Abdur-Raheem at the time of the alleged abduction.
Her lawyer, Mitchell Liebowitz, said the baby was snatched before the order was served.
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Guy should be hung by testicles.
US: Search For Baby Allegedly Thrown Off New Jersey Bridge By Her Father Shamsiddi Abdur-Raheem
Adam Arnold, Sky News Online
A major search is resuming in the US for a baby who is believed to have been thrown into a freezing river by her estranged father.
http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2010/Feb/Week3/15552090.jpg
Shamsiddi Abdur-Raheem (Pic from New Jersey attorney general's office)
Shamsiddi Abdur-Raheem, 21, allegedly told police he tossed three-month-old Zara Malani-lin Abdur off a New Jersey bridge and into the water.
Search teams, including boats, dogs and helicopters, have been scouring the area beneath the Garden State Parkway's Driscoll Bridge for any signs of the child.
Abdur-Raheem had snatched his daughter from the arms of her grandmother while the child's mother was obtaining a restraining order against him, authorities said.
They claimed he forced his way into the grandmother's apartment, hit her in the face, choked her, then forcibly took the baby, wrapped in a blanket.
The 60-year-old woman then chased Abdur-Raheem but was struck when she tried to stop him by throwing herself in the path of his van, it is alleged.
An example of a horrific case of domestic violence.
Acting New Jersey attorney general Paula Dow
The woman, who has not been identified, was treated at a local hospital and later released.
After apparently throwing the baby off the bridge, he then drove to consult his imam, who took him to the home of a relative who called police.
Abdur-Raheem was arrested four hours after the abduction and allegedly confessed to police.
He is due to appear in court charged with kidnapping, attempted murder, aggravated assault and child endangerment.
Acting New Jersey attorney general Paula Dow called it "an example of a horrific case of domestic violence".
The child's mother, Venetta Benjamin, who has sole custody, was in a Newark courtroom seeking a restraining order against Abdur-Raheem at the time of the alleged abduction.
Her lawyer, Mitchell Liebowitz, said the baby was snatched before the order was served.
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Guy should be hung by testicles.