Incidents of murder, rape and suicide of children have marked a significant rise in the first six months of 2018 over the corresponding period of the last year, according to a children’s rights body.
At least 216 children were killed, 351 minor girls raped and 170 committed suicide from January to June this year while 157 children were killed, 294 raped and 95 committed suicide during the same period of 2017, reveals statistics of the Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF).
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.
