2-year-old girl dies after being taken to hospital with bruises
A 2-year-old girl was taken to an emergency care unit by her stepfather and arrived already dead, with health workers reporting bruises and injuries across her body. The stepfather denied wrongdoing, saying the child had fallen in the bathroom and that the marks were an allergy.
- Novo Gama, Brazil
- Severity 5 of 5 — Fatal or mass violence