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Couple held over child snatch fears
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This is the child at the centre of a major mystery for Greek police.
She was living with a couple whose conflicting accounts about the girl roused their suspicions.
That led to DNA tests which showed she had no genetic compatibility with the supposed parents, who are Roma.
(SOUNDBITE)(Greek) POLICE DIRECTOR OF THESSALIA PROVINCE, VASSILIS HALATSIS, SAYING:
"Up to now it looks as if the child was abducted or taken in 2009 under unknown circumstances."
The girl, aged about five or six, will be placed in the care of the Smile of the Child welfare charity after undergoing hospital checks.
The organisation's posted her picture on its website with an appeal for information to establish her true identity.
Its president says there could be several reasons for the girl's presence in Greece.
(SOUNDBITE)(English) SMILE OF THE CHILD PRESIDENT KOSTAS YANNOPOULOS SAYING:
"It could be kidnapping and combined effort of these people to buy and sell
She was living with a couple whose conflicting accounts about the girl roused their suspicions.
That led to DNA tests which showed she had no genetic compatibility with the supposed parents, who are Roma.
(SOUNDBITE)(Greek) POLICE DIRECTOR OF THESSALIA PROVINCE, VASSILIS HALATSIS, SAYING:
"Up to now it looks as if the child was abducted or taken in 2009 under unknown circumstances."
The girl, aged about five or six, will be placed in the care of the Smile of the Child welfare charity after undergoing hospital checks.
The organisation's posted her picture on its website with an appeal for information to establish her true identity.
Its president says there could be several reasons for the girl's presence in Greece.
(SOUNDBITE)(English) SMILE OF THE CHILD PRESIDENT KOSTAS YANNOPOULOS SAYING:
"It could be kidnapping and combined effort of these people to buy and sell
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