Italian police on Monday, March 27, 2023, arrested two Nigerian women in connection with the death of a 20-day-old Nigerian boy after a home circumcision.
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The incident occurred at Montecompatri, near Rome on Friday, March 24, 2023.
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According to Italian news agency, ANSA, the two women are charged with aggravated manslaughter and illegal exercise of a profession.
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Both women were taken to the Rome Rebibbia-Feminine pending investigation.
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The child’s mother is also being investigated on suspicion of conspiracy to commit manslaughter.
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According to the police, the baby’s parents rushed him to Tor Vergata Polyclinic on Friday after he started bleeding but he arrived there dead.
