Back-street circumcisions revealed during probe

AT least a handful of back-street circumcisions were carried out on infant boys in the Waterford area at around the same time as the one which caused the death of a Nigerian child last week.

Gardaí are still trying to find the person who carried out the procedure on four-week-old Callis Osaghae at his parents’ home in the city. He died at Waterford General Hospital after the operation last Monday week, leading to a major garda investigation to find the man responsible.

During the probe, gardaí have learned from health workers that a number of non-medical circumcisions have been carried out in the same region in recent weeks.