A brutal case of physical child abuse

The precise definition of child abuse varies from countries to cultures in given periods of time. However, in 1999, the World Health Organization formulated the following definition: “Child abuse or maltreatment constitutes all forms of physical and or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment or commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual or potential harm to the child's health, survival, development or dignity in the context of a relationship of responsibility, trust or power” (1). Further to that, the physical child abuse is defined as “That which results in actual or potential physical harm from an interaction or lack of an interaction, which is reasonably within the control of a parent or person in a position of responsibility, power or trust. There may be single or repeated incidents” (2).