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Gairdner (1949) reported 16 deaths per year.<ref name="gairdner1949" /> Death from circumcision still occurs.
Gairdner (1949) reported 16 deaths per year.<ref name="gairdner1949" /> Death from circumcision still occurs.


Amitai Moshe, seven-days-old, stopped breathing and died after having been circumcised by a ''[[mohel]]'', who was a member of the [http://www.initiationsociety.net/ Initiation Society], at Golders Green Synagogue in North London. It was thought that the infant had cardiac arrest, perhaps brought on by the [[Pain| painful circumcision]].<ref name="beckford2007">{{REFnews
Amitai Moshe, seven-days-old, stopped breathing and died after having been circumcised by a ''[[mohel]]'', who was a member of the [http://www.initiationsociety.net/ Initiation Society], at [https://www.goldersgreenshul.org.uk/ Golders Green Synagogue] in North London. It was thought that the infant had cardiac arrest, perhaps brought on by the [[Pain| painful circumcision]].<ref name="beckford2007">{{REFnews
  |title=Police investigate baby's death after circumcision
  |title=Police investigate baby's death after circumcision
  |url=http://www.cirp.org/news/dailytelegraph2007-02-16/
  |url=http://www.cirp.org/news/dailytelegraph2007-02-16/