A teacher at a high school in the Italian city of Bari was inadvertently shot by a fourth-grade student at Romanazzi High School on Via Celso Ulpiani, AGI reported on September 30.
According to the preliminary version, the murderer took a toy gun that belonged to another young man, ran towards the teacher and shot him in the chest.
“The attack on the teacher that took place at the Bari high school is further proof that the daily life of teachers and, in general, school workers becomes an extreme experience,” writes the general secretary of the Uil Scuola union. Puglia, Gianni Verga. .
According to the initial reconstruction of the events, at various times, as soon as Professor Pasquale Pellicani arrived to class, a student took a toy gun that belonged to another classmate and ran towards the teacher, shooting him in the face and chest.
Pelicani felt a kind of burning sensation, which passed after a short time, but because of the fright he felt sick to his heart.
At this time, the teacher has no intention of pressing charges against the children.
“It was a hoax,” writes the school director, Rosangela Colucci, in the columns of the newspaper “Quotidiano di Puglia”, a term with which, of course, I do not intend to downplay the importance of this event. “This episode will be punished with fines and disciplinary measures, which are now very strict based on the legislation that recently came into force.”.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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