A 10-year-old girl was raped and strangled to death in the dining hall of a Buddhist pagoda in Prey Veng province on Monday, marking the first child rape-murder to be reported so far this year.
Last year, at least 10 girls younger than 18 years old were raped and murdered throughout the country. The situation was little different in 2011; local rights group Adhoc recorded 13 cases of children raped and then killed by their attackers.
Recent rape-murders in India and South Africa have inspired massive protests and sparked government responses, while the almost monthly rape-murder toll in Cambodia in recent years has warranted little more than a few short stories in the media.
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Source: (The Cambodia Daily – February 21, 2013)
