Swiss girl’s parents condemn comments

Though the World Squash Federation had clarified with an “all well” note to clear the atmosphere, the social media had taken it on the poor girl. The girl’s parents Igor and Vallerie responded on Saturday saying  “we, as parents, never were concerned about safety in India. This is a lie or a journalist’s invention,” the duo said.

“We wanted to have summer holidays as a family and due to the father (Igor) work this has to take place in July. So nothing in our decision was about safety. Ambre has already travelled to Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Poland, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Mexico, etc and we never considered India as a place more dangerous that these nations,” the message said. “Right now she (Ambre) is shocked that so many people show hate to her. Please stop this!”, they appealed

“We decided already in September last year not to send Ambre to this year’s Junior World Championship for two reasons. She is still young as she became 16 in March. She played the European U17 Team this year and will play World Junior the next two years. We wanted to keep her fresh,” the parents added.