Locked in by virus, Iraq hit with domestic abuse outbreak
Iraq's nationwide lockdown since mid-March is meant to keep coronavirus cases down in the country, but it has led to a spike in another sad statistic: domestic violence. – EPA pic, April 26, 2020.
“MORE morphine!” Malak’s mother cried, her 20-year-old daughter hospitalised after a marital dispute left her severely burned – the latest victim of domestic violence exacerbated by confinement in Iraq. The nationwide lockdown since mid-March is meant to keep coronavirus cases down in the country, but it has led to a spike in another sad statistic: domestic violence.
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