Female genital mutilation in Tanzania interrupted with girls still bleeding, girls as young as age 3-BBC

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12/17/13, "Tanzania police raid FGM ceremony in Same district," BBC

"Police rounded up everybody at the ceremony, including the 21 girls who were aged between three and 17 years, he said. 

Four of the girls were still bleeding and were taken to hospital for treatment, Mr Kapufi added. 

A medical examination of some of the other girls showed that their wounds were healing, suggesting that they had been cut several days earlier, he said.

Such ceremonies usually last for between three and seven days, our reporter says.

Police were still conducting investigations before deciding who to take to court on Wednesday on charges of taking part in an illegal ceremony, Mr Kapufi said....

Campaigners say women are often pressurised to be circumcised, fearing that they might otherwise be excluded or turned down for marriage. 

They say FGM ceremonies are often disguised as naming or baptism ceremonies."...

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