Child Murder

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The killing of a child under age five by another person
Frequency 3/1,000,000/year, US; 4th most common cause of death in preschool children; 1/1,000,000/year, UK
Perpetrator 61–78% parents; other relatives; strangers/paedophiles; rarely other children
Background Child abuse; punishment that escalated out of control; paedophilia, lust murder

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Tradition of child killing is only practiced by wretched stone-hearted criminals who disregard the entire humane values and reply to children's cries of wrath through gun, tank, and cannon barrels," Zarif said in a message to a gathering of Iranian children in Tehran's Milad Tower named as EiAeGaza Children, Iranian Children's special program.

Zarif: Child-Killing Tradition of Israeli Regime

Is it fair that a person convicted in connection with the most heinous crime of child killing can have their identity protected for life at huge expense to us all?

A question of fairness

Police have been given extra time to question a man about a gruesome child killing more than 30 years ago.

Child killing arrest

A 46-year- old man arrested in England was last night being questioned about Northern Ireland's most gruesome child killing.

Killing quiz

Das Developmental Disabilities Centre, links Latimer defence publicity to increased child killing (Sept.

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CHANNEL 4 soap Brookside is to feature a harrowing storyline about child killing as a teenage character turns on a school bully.

VICTIM KILLS SCHOOL BULLY IN SHOCK BROOKSIDE STORYLINE

ANKARA (CyHAN)- When asked about the recent increase in child killings on Friday, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoy-an stated that the deserved punishment for such killings is execution.

Erdoy-an: Rightful punishment for child killings is death penalty

THE number of child killings soared by 40% last year.

40% RISE IN YOUNG VICTIMS

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is calling for urgent child protection reforms to help cut child killings by half over 10 years.

DRIVE TO CUT CHILD ABUSE Side

The charity is calling for urgent child-protection reforms to help cut child killings by half over 10 years.

Children `more important than Iraq'

Parliament has expressed alarm at child killings in the UK, with 361 MPs calling on the Government to end the toll of child abuse deaths.

Time to protect our children; The safety of children is regarded by parents as the most important single issue facing us today. But many believe not enough is being done to protect them. Now The Western Mail joins forces with the NSPCC to launch the next phase of its Full Stop campaign. Joanne Atkinson reports