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Killing of twins in Nigeria. The killing of twins was a cultural practice among some ethnic groups in Nigeria, predominantly among the Efik people. [1][2] Giving birth to twins was considered a bad omen that could bring devastation or calamity upon society. [3] Twin babies were believed not to be humans, [2] and were seen as evil. [4]
Megan Huntsman child murders. From 1996 to 2006, Megan Huntsman, an American woman, murdered six of her newborn children shortly after giving birth to them in Utah. [1][2][3] The serial infanticide was discovered in April 2014 when Hunstman's ex-husband Darren West began cleaning out the garage of the Pleasant Grove house he once shared with ...
Palestinian twins, Aysal and Aser, were killed by an Israeli strike east of Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, on August 14, three days after their birth. At least 115 babies have been born and killed ...
Mohammed Abu al-Qumsan cries after his wife, newborn twin babies, and mother-in-law died during an Israeli airstrike, at the morgue of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al Balah, Gaza on Aug. 13, 2024.
t. e. Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants or offspring. Infanticide was a widespread practice throughout human history that was mainly used to dispose of unwanted children, [1]: 61 its main purpose being the prevention of resources being spent on weak or disabled offspring.
August 14, 2024 at 8:12 AM. DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (Reuters) - Mohammed Abu Al-Qumsan had just picked up birth certificates for his newly-born twins when he found out they had been killed, along with ...
Death of Nikki Whitehead. Jarmecca Yvonne "Nikki" Whitehead (April 18, 1975 – January 13, 2010) was a 34-year-old mother of 16-year-old identical twins Jasmiyah Kaneesha and Tasmiyah Janeesha Whitehead (born on November 27, 1993). On the afternoon of January 13, 2010, she was found dead in the bathroom of her Conyers, Georgia, home in the ...
Cris and Cru Kahui homicides. Twin babies in NZ foster home die of head injuries. The Cris and Cru Kahui homicides refers to the murders of twin brothers Christopher Arepa and Cru Omeka Kahui (20 March 2006 – 18 June 2006), two New Zealand infants who died in Auckland 's Starship Children's Hospital after being admitted with serious head ...