A 12-year-old girl in Baruipur, India, was sexually abused, tortured, and drowned alive. Autopsy reveals horrific injuries. Three suspects are charged with gang-rape and murder; one was lynched by a mob, another escaped custody.
An 11-year-old girl found dead in a pond in Baruipur, West Bengal, was sexually abused and brutalized before being thrown alive into the water, according to an autopsy report. Authorities are seeking capital punishment for the three prime suspects charged under gangrape and murder sections.
A 12-year-old schoolgirl was found dead in a pond in Baruipur, allegedly after being raped and murdered. Protests erupted, leading to arson, violence, and the lynching of a suspect by a mob. Police have formed a SIT and arrested one individual.
Snapchat's parent company, Snap, faces a Missouri lawsuit alleging platform features enabled an adult to groom and sexually assault a 12-year-old girl. The suit claims age verification bypass, a recommendation system, and Snap Maps contributed to the incident, for which the attacker is already imprisoned.
Kwame Yeboah, a 30-year-old British Airways pilot, sentenced to 8 years and 4 months for raping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl he met on Instagram, despite initially being told she was 17.
A 12-year-old girl from Bihar was allegedly sold by her mother for Rs 16,000 and 10 saris to a 40-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh. She was reportedly married in a sham ceremony, repeatedly raped, and then abandoned, only to be preyed upon by an auto driver before her rescue.
A 12-year-old girl Brooke Wiggins was killed by a falling branch while playing on a rope swing in Banstead, Surrey on 9 November 2024, just days before her 13th birthday. The tree she was swinging from, maintained by Surrey County Council, had not been inspected since May 2022 despite a re-inspection being due in May 2024. An inquest at South London Coroner's Court heard the swing should have been removed as per council policy had checks been carried out.
