The Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation (MECI) denies any lynching of a Nepalese child by students at a school in Amador (Lisbon), confirming the opening of an investigation into the school into an attack between two students in November.
“Due to news reports appearing in the media, the band director became aware late last week of reports indicating an episode of aggression between two students, rather than a ‘lynching’ involving ‘five or six’ that occurred in November,” not “two months”. None of the students have “Nepalese citizenship” and are not “nine years old”. After these reports, the group’s management began an investigation, which is still ongoing. ” MECI said in response to Lusa.
The Observador newspaper reported this Thursday that an investigation has opened at the Amadora school where the alleged attacks took place.
Last week, MECI already stated that it had no evidence of the lynching of a Nepalese child.
The Padre Alves Correia Center (CEPAC), which condemned the episode as originally reported by Radio Renacensa, also admitted last week that “it was a mistake” to release information about the nationality and age of the child allegedly attacked at school, and acknowledged that the use the term “lynching” is inappropriate.
Initially, the executive director of CEPAC told Renascença that the case, which led to the opening of an investigation by the prosecutor’s office, was based on “xenophobic and racist motives” on the part of the child abusers.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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