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Not-guilty plea for doc in Detroit genital mutilation case

Dr. Jumana Nagarwala is charged with performing genital mutilation on two 7-year-old girls in February at a suburban Detroit clinic owned by another doctor, who also is charged.

Dr. Jumana Nagarwala has been fired by the Henry Ford Hospital

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Dr. Jumana Nagarwala is seen in this undated image from the Henry Ford Health System. (Henry Ford Health System)

A not-guilty plea has been entered for a Detroit-area doctor charged with performing genital mutilation on two Minnesota girls in a first-of-its-kind case in the United States.

Dr. Jumana Nagarwala appeared in Detroit federal court on April 27, a day after being indicted.

She's charged with six crimes, including conspiracy to bring the girls across state lines. It carries a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison.

FBI agents leave the office of Dr. Fakhruddin Attar at the Burhani Clinic in Livonia, Mich. Friday, April 21, 2017, after completing a search for documents. The investigation is connected to the case of Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, of Northville, charged with performing genital mutilation on two young girls from Minnesota. (Clarence Tabb Jr./Detroit News via AP)

Nagarwala is charged with performing genital mutilation on the two 7-year-old girls in February at a suburban Detroit clinic owned by another doctor, who also is charged.

Doctor has been fired

Nagarwala and the Minnesota girls' families belong to a Muslim sect called Dawoodi Bohra. Defence attorney Shannon Smith says she performed a religious ritual, not genital mutilation.

Separately, Henry Ford Hospital says Nagarwala has been fired

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