Four children were killed by their parents over the weekend in the Republic of Dominican, police said in the Caribbean country on Monday, which has faced such killings.
Police said that a 36 -year -old woman living on the outskirts of the capital Santa Domingo killed her three children with three children aged 7, 9 and 11 and killed her fruit juice on Sunday.
Authorities found a handwritten note in this scene, which is believed to have been released by the woman, but has not disclosed the material.
On the same day in the capital, a person was arrested on suspicion of his child’s son suffocating, whose age was 1 year and 8 months.
At least two other cases of suspected philside – when a parent intentionally kills his child – has so far been reported on the island of about 11 million inhabitants this month.
According to officials, a couple were accused of causing the death of a 7 -year -old girl in the capital last week, showing “signs of physical abuse and barbarity” according to officials.
A few days ago, on August 11, a man allegedly hanged his 2 -year -old son and then took his life in the northeastern city of Nagua.
According to a paper published in National library of medicine90% of philside cases worldwide include biological parents and 10% consists of stepparents.
In the United States, as of 2014, about 2.5% of all murders for the parents who killed their children, who killed their children, as per 2014, AnalysisWhich is an average of approximately 500 philside arrests each year. According to the analysis, philsides are believed to be attributed to about two-thirds of malignant child abuse cases.
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