Parental Child Abuse A Silent Crime

Monday, February 01, 2010

FRANCISTOWN: Recently, there was a media report of a 27-year-old man of Block Four location in Francistown who was arrested by the police for the alleged physical abuse of his daughter.

The man had, on several occasions, connived with the girl's stepmother in abusing the child until he was reported to the police by concerned neighbours who found the abuse intolarable. The man is said to have battered the child, inflicting severe injuries on her.

Many children in Botswana suffer physical abuse at the hands of their parents. The sad thing is that though such cases are common in the country, many go unreported.

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Parental Child Abuse A Silent Crime

FRANCISTOWN: Recently, there was a media report of a 27-year-old man of Block Four location in Francistown who was arrested by the police for the alleged physical abuse of his daughter.

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