{"id":85969,"date":"2025-09-13T16:04:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T16:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/police-probe-infant-death-tied-to-female-circumcision-wuli"},"modified":"2025-09-13T17:35:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T17:35:37","slug":"police-probe-infant-death-tied-to-female-circumcision-wuli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-probe-infant-death-tied-to-female-circumcision-wuli","title":{"rendered":"Police Probe Infant Death Tied to Female Circumcision Wuli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Gambia Police Force has confirmed that authorities in Basse are investigating the death of a three-week-old baby girl from Baboum Kunda in Wuli District, reportedly connected to female circumcision.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice in Basse have reported the tragic death of a 3-week-old baby girl from Boboum Kunda, Wuli District, following complications from an alleged act of female circumcision,\u201d He Said.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the police said the infant, accompanied by her mother, Adama Sowe, and grandmother, Metta Wamch, was initially taken to Bajakunda Health Center before being referred to Basse Hospital and later transferred to Bansang Hospital. Despite medical intervention, the child was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mother and grandmother of the deceased are currently in police custody, cooperating with the ongoing investigation. The body of the deceased is preserved at Bansang Hospital mortuary, pending transfer to the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul for postmortem examination,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The Gambia Police Force urged the public to adhere to lawful practices and work collectively to protect the lives and well-being of children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The Gambia Police Force has confirmed that authorities in Basse are investigating the death of a three-week-old baby girl from Baboum Kunda in Wuli District, reportedly connected to female circumcision. \u201cPolice in Basse have reported the tragic death of a 3-week-old baby girl from Boboum Kunda, Wuli District, following complications from an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":85968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-85969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police Probe Infant Death Tied to Female Circumcision Wuli - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Gambia Police Force has confirmed that authorities in Basse are investigating the death of a three-week-old baby ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-probe-infant-death-tied-to-female-circumcision-wuli\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police Probe Infant Death Tied to Female Circumcision Wuli\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Gambia Police Force has confirmed that authorities in Basse are investigating the death of a three-week-old baby ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-probe-infant-death-tied-to-female-circumcision-wuli\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-13T16:04:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-13T17:35:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1757772277.83187.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-probe-infant-death-tied-to-female-circumcision-wuli#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-probe-infant-death-tied-to-female-circumcision-wuli\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police Probe Infant Death Tied to Female Circumcision Wuli\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-13T16:04:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-13T17:35:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-probe-infant-death-tied-to-female-circumcision-wuli\"},\"wordCount\":193,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-probe-infant-death-tied-to-female-circumcision-wuli#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1757772277.83187.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-probe-infant-death-tied-to-female-circumcision-wuli#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-probe-infant-death-tied-to-female-circumcision-wuli\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-probe-infant-death-tied-to-female-circumcision-wuli\",\"name\":\"Police Probe Infant Death Tied to Female Circumcision Wuli - 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