Hard protests when the eight -year victim of rape dies

An eight -year -old child who was raped in Bangladesh died of injuries on Thursday, sending fierce protests across the country.

The girl was raped while visiting her older sister’s house in Magura for some time between March 5 and the next morning, her mother said.

The 18-year-old husband of the older sister, together with his parents and brother, was arrested and put into investigative.

On Thursday night, hearing the news about the death of a child, an angry crowd descended into the house where the incident was supposed to have taken place.

On Thursday, the girl died around 13:00 local time (7:00 GMT) after receiving three heart arrests, a statement from the government’s government (ISPR) said.

“Although the doctors managed to stabilize the condition twice, the heart could not restart after the third episode,” the statement reads.

Following the adoption on March 8, she spent six days in a critical state at a united military hospital in Daka capital.

“I thought my daughter would survive,” the mother said after the girl’s death, local media reported. “If she survived it, I would never let her go anywhere alone.”

The girl’s body was brought back to a helicopter helicopter, who landed at a local stadium at about 18:00 to fierce protests.

Ayub Ali, responsible for the police station of Magura Sadar, said the authorities fought for taking control, the local Daily Star reports.

Thousands of people gathered at the Public Square in Magira for the girl’s E-Jenaz, Islamic burial prayer, before she was laid at 19:30.

The factory funeral was also held for a girl at the University of Daka, in the country’s capital, after which a number of protests and students’ protests took place.

Many participants of the rally demanded that the government accelerate justice for the victims of rape and laws on the safety of women and children.

The participants of the rally also called for greater clarity around the legal definitions of what is rape in Bangladesh, which, according to them, were currently ambiguous.

According to Legal Advisor Asif Zimul, the trial of rape and murder will begin in the next seven days.

“The collection of DNA samples was completed, we hope to receive a report over the next five days,” Mr. Nazrul said at the press -bum on Thursday – adding that statements had already been adopted from 12 to 13 people.

“If we can start a trial for seven days, our judges will be able to provide justice at maximum speed,” he added.

The rape of minors is punishable by Bangladesh, According to the law that was adopted in 2020.

The introduction of this law was followed by a number of loud cases of sexual abuse, including a brutal attack on a gang on a 37-year-old woman who was lifted and widespread in social media.

Less than a week after raping the young girl in Magura, reports of media outlets appeared at least three rape children about the same age in different parts of Bangladesh.

In some cases, the accused were the victim’s neighbors and others were close relatives.

According to the statistics of the Law and the Arbitration Center, 3438 children rape has been filed over the last eight years, and there were many more victims of rape.

At least 539 of them are six and 933 between the ages of seven and twelve.

Studies have shown that in most cases, children are subjected to sexual abuse or raped by the people they know.