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Incidents of murder, rape, and suicide of children across the country marked a significant rise in 11 months from January to November of 2018 over the corresponding period of the year before, according to a children’s rights body.
Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF) in its latest statistics revealed that at least 396 children were killed, 563 minor girls raped and 293 committed suicide from January to November 2018, while 288 children were killed, 548 raped and 196 committed suicide during the same period of 2017.
The rape and murder incidents numbered 85 and 201 respectively in 2012, 150 and 180 in 2013, 199 and 366 in 2014, 521 and 292 in 2015, 446 and 265 in 2016, and 593 and 399 in 2017.