NEWS: UN: Violence kills a child every 5 minutes

One child dies every five minutes as a result of violence, but only a minority die in war zones, according to a report by the UN children's agency Unicef.

At least 75% of the estimated 345 violent deaths that occur daily happen in countries at peace, the report said.

"We are uncovering the fact that children experience extreme violence in everyday life, everywhere," Susan Bissell, global head of child protection for Unicef told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

In some countries, deaths from violence are rolling back gains made in preventing childhood deaths from disease or hunger.


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