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This article collects reports of children who have died as a result of [[HGM|genital mutilation]]. Of course, the list does not claim to be exhaustive. The names are highlighted because it's about people, not numbers. Every single one of these deaths could have been avoided.
== 21st century ==
=== 2022 ===
* [[MGM]] - 30 April: Two teenagers, '''Thomas Ntuli, ''' 19, and '''Sibusiso Masombuka, ''' 18, died on Friday, 29 April 2022, after being traditionally circumcised at an initiation school in South Africa.<ref>{{REFweb
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|title=Young men die in circumcision related incidents. |trans-title= |language=
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|quote=The Public Attorney's Office is looking into the death.
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* [[MGM]] - 24 January: Five-day-old '''"Baby R" ''' died in [https://www.texaschildrens.org/ Texas Children's Hospital] where he had been transferred following an elective, consented, non-therapeutic circumcision. Uncontrolled [[bleeding]] occurred. The infant boy also had a stroke and brain [[haemorrhage]]. It is unclear whether the [[pain]] and stress of [[circumcision]] precipitated the stroke and [[death]].
=== 2021 ===
=== 2019 ===
* [[MGM]] - August: '''[[Anonymous case reports#Oliver|Oliver]] ''' from Connecticut dies due to a herpes infection at his circumcision on his third day of life in June 2019.
* [[MGM]] - March 23: [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47687131 Boy dies after parents performed a circumcision at their home in Italy], 1 boy, 5 months
* [[MGM]] - March 10: [https://www.facebook.com/emmittgossstrong/posts/334239573866720 14 days old '''Emmitt Tailer Goss''' dies after circumcision on his 3rd day], 1 boy, 14 days
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* [[MGM]] - September: '''Braydon N.N.''', newborn, some weeks old. Death from [[bleeding]] after circumcision. His mother is American, his father is Canadian and Jewish.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.facebook.com/BloodstainedMenTheirFriends/posts/2339392802867388
|title=Braydon did not survive