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[51]: 218 "It was the custom of the [Teutonic] pagans, that if they wanted to kill a son or daughter, they would be killed before they had been given any food." [ 51 ] : 211 Usually children born out of wedlock were disposed of that way.
A 1999 U.S. Department of Justice study concluded that mothers were responsible for a higher share of children killed during infancy between 1976 and 1997 in the United States, while fathers were more likely to have been responsible for the murders of children aged eight or older. [1]
Children were often afflicted with Kwashiorkor, a disease caused by malnutrition. The people resorted to cannibalism on many occasions. [50] The documentation of the suffering of the Igbo children is attributed to the work of the French Red Cross and other Christian organisations. There are many estimates for the death toll of the Igbo in the ...
The department asked anyone living in the area surrounding the home to contact them if they have surveillance video from 11 p.m. on Aug. 24 to 3 a.m. on Aug. 25. The four children in the home were ...
At least 157 people were killed and 270 were injured last year in unintentional shootings by children, according to Everytown, an advocacy group for firearm safety.
The U.S. reached a new record number of gun-related deaths among children in 2021, claiming 4,752 young lives, a new analysis of CDC data finds. ... there was a nearly 42% increase in the rate of ...
Nelson killed his six children and the family's dog. Diane Downs, May 19, 1983, Springfield, Oregon. Downs shot her three children, killing one and leaving the other two permanently disabled, and attempted to blame it on a carjacker. James Alan Day, October 18, 1984, Evansville, Indiana. Day killed his six children before committing suicide. [23]
Target 3.2 states that "by 2030, the goal is to end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age with all countries aiming to reduce under‑5 mortality to as low as 25 per 1,000 live births." [4] Child mortality rates have decreased in the last 40 years.