Fatalities

This article collects reports of children who have died as a result of genital mutilation. Of course, the list does not claim to be exhaustive.

21st century

2018

• MGM - December 23: Italy: Toddler dies from bleeding after his circumcision, 1 boy, 2 years
• MGM - December 23: South Africa: Deads after circumcision, 21 boys, adolescent
• FGM - December 21: Sierra Leone: Bloody ritual with deadly consequences, 1 girl, 10 years
• MGM - May 26: Baby died from bleeding the next day, 1 boy, 29 days

2017

• MGM - September 18: Turin: Little Henry was just 50 days old, 1 boy, 50 days

2015

• MGM - March 31: Kevin Lloyd Cagle, San Francisco, California, suicide

2013

• MGM - August: Gugeluthu Molakapa, age 4, brain dead after a circumcision at Germiston Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• MGM - March 8: Braden Tyler Frazier. Born February 25, 2013 at Lodi, California. Died at Sacramento. Circumcised on the ninth day of life at Sacramento, California. Died on the eleventh day of life of hemorrhage and convulsions, secondary to circumcision.

2012

• MGM - September 16: Jacob Cole Sweet dies as a result of circumcision infection by RIC and subsequent brain damage following incorrect medication
• MGM - May 8: Infant boy, age two-weeks. Circumcised Sunday, 6 May 2012 in a doctor's office on the east side of Oslo, Norway. Died of complications.
• MGM - April 27: In May 2012, the Indian Deccan Chronicle reported that two boys in Bodhan had died of uncontrollable bleeding after circumcision.
• MGM - April 17: Pakistan Today reported the death of 15-day-old infant Ali in April 2012. Ali was to be circumcised in a private clinic, where he died of an injection given him by a doctor.
• MGM - April: Two boys, Arif, age 4 and Azhar, age 3,in Rakasipet, Bodhan, Andhra Pradesh India. The boys died after a circumcision a few days before by a rural medical practitioner at Masjid Colony in the Rakasipet area due to uncontrolled "overbleeding".
• MGM - February 17: Angelo Ofori-Minhah, age 28-days, of Queen's Park, Northamptonshire, England, died after being circumcised by Rabbi Mordehai Cohen on February 15, 2012. The cause of death was bleeding, exsanguination, and heart failure, according to the medical report. The infant was reported to have lost three-quarters of his total blood volume.

2011

• MGM - November 26: James Connor, infant, seven pounds eight ounces, 21 inches long. Born at Pittsburgh, Friday, November 25, 2011. Death by bleeding after circumcision.
• MGM - September 28: Anonymous Jewish infant, two weeks old. Death from Herpes infection, Maimonides Hospital, Brookyn, New York.
• MGM - May 3: Jaamal Coleson, Jr., toddler, of Brooklyn, New York. Died at Beth Israel Medical Center, Manhattan, New York City after a circumcision.

2010

• MGM - October 6: Joshua Haskins, 7-weeks old. Died 19 hours after having circumcision followed by prolonged bleeding, despite having congenital heart defect and being in intensive care. Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
• MGM - September 25: Saijad Hossain Mimu, 6-years-old. Death by lidocaine anaesthetic overdose, Safapur, Amirbad Union, Sonagazi Upazila, Feni District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
• MGM - April 17: Goodluck Caubergs, Baby. Bled to death after circumcision. Oldham, England.

2009

• MGM - November 11: Sonke Foca, male, 19-years-old. Death by dehydration following circumcision, Butterworth, Transkei, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
• MGM - October 30: Kaan Otuk, boy, one-month-old. Death by circumcision anaesthesia overdose, Çukurova State Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
• MGM - October: Bradley Dorcius, boy, 7-months-old. Death by circumcision, SUNY Downstate Hospital. Brooklyn, New York, USA.

2008

• MGM - June 19: In Treviso, Italy, a Nigerian boy died in June 2008 of cardiac arrest after blood loss after a circumcision performed at home. The baby was called Evidence Obosee Prince Aseh and was two months old, reported the Tribuna di Treviso.
• MGM - June 13: In June 2008, six-week-old Eric Keefe died of circumcision at Rosebud's Indian Health Service Hospital in South Dakota.

2007

• MGM - November: Ten-year-old Kuldeep Kumar Vishnubhai Patel died in November 2007 about two hours after his circumcision at Anand Hospital in Unjha, India.
• MGM - July: In Rawalpindi, Pakistan, a baby died of blood loss in July 2007 after the doctor did not properly perform the circumcision. The operation was carried out in the boy's home, the Daily Times reported.
• MGM - June: In Kazan, Russia, the four-year-old Rifat died in June 2007 after a ritual circumcision in the hospital.
• MGM - February: In February 2007, nine-year-old Celian Noumbiwe bleed to death after circumcision by a physician in Reading, Berkshire.

2006

• MGM - August 07: Dead Franjo: penalty for female doctor reduced to 18 months, 1 boy (Franjo O.), 4 years
• MGM: The son of Ramil Sadekov, the imam of the historic mosque in Moscow, Salikh Sadekow was only a month old. The imam had contacted the circumciser due to an advertising campaign, and the operation was carried out in the imam's apartment. At first, it seemed that the circumcision had been successful and uncomplicated, but Salikh's condition soon began to deteriorate rapidly. At 5am, parents noticed that their baby was breathing slower than usual. His fingers became cold and green. He died of blood loss before the ambulance arrived.

2004

• MGM - October: In October 2004, a baby died from a herpes infection ten days after being circumcised by a mohel.

2003

• MGM - August 17: As the Guardian reported in September 2003, Callis Osaghae had died three weeks earlier after a botched circumcision.
• MGM - April 23: In Singapore's Electric New Paper, it was reported in June 2007 that four-year-old Nui Jia Yuan had died in 2003 from a crooked circumcision.

2002

• MGM - August: Ryleigh novel Bryan McWillis died in August 2002 at the age of one month and one day.

2001

• MGM - June 23: In June 2001, 8-year-old Habibur Rahman died in Bangladesh after being circumcised by a doctor.

20th century

1999

• MGM - August: In August 1999, a three-year-old boy was circumcised in Stockholm by a doctor. He was dead a few hours after the procedure.

1998

• MGM - October 20: NewsNet4 of Cleveland, Ohio, USA reported in October 1998 on the death of infant Dustin Evans.

1995

• MGM - July 18: In July 1995, the Houston Chronicle (Texas, USA) reported the death of five-year-old Jeremie Johnson.

1993

• MGM - June 23: Demetrius Manker: Carol City, Dade County, Florida, USA.

1992

• MGM - July 8: Allen A. Ervin: Spartanburg, SC

1991

• MGM - July: Raju Miah: Death by circumcision. Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.

1990

• MGM: Boma Oruitemeka: Death by circumcision, severe hemorrhage. London, England, UK.

1986

• MGM - November: Steven Christopher Chacon: San Francisco, CA, USA.

1982

• MGM - November: Christopher Dolezal: Des Moines, IA, USA.

1974

• MGM - June 9: Chino Burrell: 7-months-old, death by circumcision, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1957

• MGM: Bruce Wechsler: infant boy, Staph infection following circumcision. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

1942

• MGM - December: "J.B.": Evanston, Illinois, USA.
• MGM - April: Baby boy Lebeau, death by circumcision, Quebec, Canada.

1932

• MGM: Roland Albert McCarty: infant boy. Death by infection of circumcision wound. Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

1927

• August 21 MGM: Michael Julian Baldwin: infant boy, 4-days-old, hemorrhage after circumcision. Monroe County, Indiana, USA.

1910

• June 10 MGM: Aleck, Baby Boy: Island County, Washington, USA.

19th century

1858

• April 18 MGM: Myer Jacob Levy: 8-days-old, bled to death after circumcision, New York, NY, USA.

1856

• December 14 MGM: Julius Katzenstein: 8-days-old, bled to death after circumcision, New York, NY, USA.

Antiquity

The fact that circumcision on infants regularly led to deaths is shown by the fact that the Talmud of Babylon, Yebamoth 64b, provides for when the first two (or three) sons have died after circumcision, subsequent sons no longer need to be circumcised.

Other web pages with lists

The following websites maintain lists with fatalities due to circumcision on minors, too. Some cases are listed above, but are commented in detail or with more information on the following web pages.

• Beschneidungsforum.de, German
• Cirp.org
• Online memorial for all victims of child circumcision, Facebook page, German
• Pro-Kinderrechte.de, German
• Wise Woman Way of Birth