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Paris child welfare under scrutiny after second mother alleges childrens' heads were shaved

After the case of an eight-year-old boy having his hair forcibly shaved as "punishment"in a Paris foster home shocked the country, a second mother has come forward to say her two sons, aged three and four, underwent a similar ordeal in a different Paris foster home.

Speaking to public broadcaster Franceinfo on Thursday, the woman said the boys had their heads completely shaved in July while living in a care home in Paris' 18th district. She said she plans to file a formal complaint in the coming weeks.

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