Students, witnesses of the brutal beating, recorded the incident and published it on social networks. Image: video screenshot
The pictures are scary. A teenager makes fun of a girl of a younger age and size. He pushes her, threatens her and immediately punches her in the face.
The girl puts her hand on her face and complains. But when he tries to cover himself, more blows come, He grabs her by the shirt and throws her to the ground. The student screams for help. The attacker is angry and, instead of stopping, continues the brutal beating and the spectators, other students, shouting at him to stop.
It’s not enough for the teenager, he gives her another punch to the face and a couple of kicks. No one intervenes, there are no teachers around and those who see the brutal blow – also students – only say: “it didn’t turn into anything,” while others record the terrible scene on their cell phones they have
One of these records, in fact, was released on social networks and, thanks to it, the dantesque scene that shows a high level of violence and brutality was recognized.
This is the video showing the brutal beating of a student with a mental disability. Authorities are investigating what happened. pic.twitter.com/V2B2fG6VT1
— Teleantioquia (@Teleantioquia) August 22, 2024
The victim is, nothing more and nothing less, a minor with mental disabilities who apparently has been the target of bullying at school because of his condition.
The incident happened last week at the Juan de la Cruz Posada school. from society 8 (Villa Hermosa) from Medellín, but it only became important until today because of the great publication of the video where the brutal beating was recorded.
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When they learned of the matter, the Secretary of Education Medellín issued a press release denying what had happened.
“These circumstances give us, as the Secretariat, and in general to the city, great sadness. “ (…) At the same time, we are in direct contact with the rector (of the school) and are implementing our comprehensive care path and in this way intervening with the support of organizations another in the District of Medellín,” they added in the statement.
The Ministry of Education in Medellín rejects school violence and regrets what happened in an educational institution where an attack against a student took place, which was made public through a video broadcast on social networks👇https://t.co/PmfyKaqoQo
— LuisGuillermo Patiño (@LuisGPatino) August 17, 2024
On social networks, on the other hand, A complaint is being filed against the educational institution which, until now, has remained silent. Those who praise the show argue that the negligence of the station’s teachers is obvious, because they did not notice an event that could have been avoided for them.
We do not know much about the state of health of the person who was attacked, no entity has reported about it, and it is not known what happened or what steps the educational institution took with the teenager who attacked her.