A Sickening Statistic: Over 2,000 Victims of Religio-Cultural Clitorectomies Sought Treatment in London Hospitals in the Past Three Years

Sounds like the misogynistic practice of obliterating female genitalia has pretty much become a norm there:

Among those treated in the capital's hospitals included 12 children, including one girl who had been left with an 'open wound' following the criminal act. 

Despite being illegal in the UK, female genital mutilation is on the rise with an estimated 66,000 women dealing with the after-effects and more than 20,000 young girls thought to be at risk. 

The procedure is associated with communities in Africa, particularly Mali, Somalia, Sudan and Kenya, as well as some parts of the Middle East. 

Many girls living in Britain are taken to these countries for be 'cut', and some will be as young as five. 

But it is becoming more prevalent in the UK and  experts say today's figures are 'truly shocking' but there are 'far more victims' than the data shows...

Problem is, as the numbers rise, the shock value diminishes, as does authorities' desire to deal with the criminality. (Wouldn't want to be accused of racism, after all.)