The association admitted a mistake in publicizing the attack on a Nepalese child at a school in Lisbon

The Padre Alves Correia Center acknowledged that “it was a mistake” to release information about the nationality and age of the child allegedly attacked at the school and acknowledged that the use of the term “lynching” was inappropriate.

“We acknowledge that the term ‘lynching’ used is inappropriate and arose as a spontaneous manifestation given the contours of the aggression, and we suggest that the provision of information about the nationality and age of the child was an error,” the Centro Padre Alves Correia (CEPAC) said in a statement published in Saturday evening in order to clarify the news published in recent days.

CEPAC confirms the attack on the minor, noting that “the facts and contours” have been transferred to the Prosecutor’s Office for Family and Minors and the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation (MECI), which will now be responsible for “investigating what happened in her place.” own headquarters.”

CEPAC’s clarification comes after the Ministry of Education said that after collecting new information, there is “no indication” that the lynching of a Nepalese child took place at a school in the municipality of Amador.

The attack on a 9-year-old Nepalese child at school was reported on Tuesday by Radio Renascença, and the complaint was filed by the executive director of the church institution Centro Padre Alves Correia, who believes that “the motives of the other minors were xenophobic and racist.”

In a released statement, CEPAC said the statements by Ana Mansoa, the institution’s executive director, “emerged in the context of a telephone conversation initiated by a journalist from Radio Renacens as part of a request for examples of concerns and perceptions among Catholic organizations about the rise of hate speech against migrants.”

“Since the publication of this news, CEPAC has and continues to prioritize the protection of the anonymity and well-being of the child,” he emphasizes, emphasizing that “it is difficult for victims and witnesses to report these cases, and that the focus must always be on their protection.”

Prosecutors have launched an investigation into an alleged attack on a Nepali child at school, but clarified that the complaint filed does not indicate the nationality of the victim, the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGR) said this Thursday.

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Education already noted that a school in the municipality of Amadora, Lisbon district, where a brutal attack on a Nepalese child was reported, was not aware of the “alleged episode” and that the only Nepalese students in the school at the institution are receiving secondary education.