A four-year-old girl in the US has died after her mother allegedly kicked her in the stomach for not brushing teeth. Iris Hernandez-Rivas, 20, called police to report finding her daughter Nohely Alexandra Martinez Hernandez unresponsive in their home in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Police said Hernandez-Rivas admitted kicking her daughter in the abdomen after becoming angry because Nohely had not brushed her teeth, the report said. The woman told police that Nohely hit her head when she fell backwards into a wall after being kicked. Hernandez-Rivas told police the girl suffered the bruises when she hit her with a belt several days earlier.

Source: Indian Express February 05, 2017 13:07 UTC