Two sisters have allegedly died in Somalia from complications that arose after undergoing female genital mutilation
September 18th, 2018
“……the sisters were cut the same day by a local circumciser.
They continued bleeding 24 hours after the procedure, and died while their mother was taking them to a health center…
The sisters’ death comes two months after Somalia’s government vowed to pursue a landmark prosecution in the case of a 10-year-old girl who died after female genital mutilation, a practice that is legal in the country.
Deeqa Dahir Nuur died two days after she was subjected to one of the most extreme forms of female genital mutilation, according to doctors who tried to save her after she suffered complications from the procedure performed by a local cutter in another village in Somalia on July 17…..”