Violence against women: Five people shot dead in Baton Rouge church

A chill ran through me when I heard at least five people - from the same family -were shot dead today in north Baton Rouge. Each woke this morning and headed to the little church where they were shot by Anthony Bell, a man with a grudge. He then snatched his wife from the church, drove away and killed her too. An Associate Press story quotes police chief Jeff Leduff calling the killings "...senseless ... a total waste of human life." Yet the same violence happens on every continent, even as governments, ngos (nonprofits), colleges, thinktanks, pastors, priests, rebbis, shamans, monks and imams meet constantly to reflect on ending armed conflict in the world. But what about the wars on women? Everywhere. How many women and others around them will die and be injured and maimed in how many countries on how many days of every single year? This time this happened in a Black church. Will it bring even one more Black minister anywhere in the world to deal with violence against women?

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[Suebob]

I read that the biggest cause of death of pregnant women is murder by their partner...pretty sick stuff.