Some 397 incidents of violence against women and children occurred in the country in March, higher than the previous month, according to a rights group.  The incidents of violence against women and children were 365 across the country in February, said Manabadhikar Shonskritik Foundation (MSF) in its monthly Human Rights Monitoring report on Thursday.  Read: Foundation stone of Bangladesh's first wind power plant laid According to  mass media reports and data collected by MSF, the number of incidents  like rape, killing and family violence has  increased compared to previous month. This is very concerning, the MSF said in its report.  Among the incidents of violence against women and children, 69 incidents of rape, 23 gang rape, three killing after rape and six physically challenged children and adolescent girls were raped.  Among the 69 rape victims, 53 were children and adolescent, while out of 23 gang rape victims, seven were adolescent.  Besides, some 96 women, including 36 children and adolescent girls committed suicide, up by 29 incidents than February.  Some 81 incidents of killing, including eight mysterious deaths occurred in March and among them 27 were children and adolescent girls. Read: Blogger Ananta killing: 4 sentenced to death According to media reports, the killings were due to revenge, family feuds, dowry, love affairs, said the report.