“They have also attacked other children who are afraid to speak. Younger than mine, who are still in elementary school,” complains the 15-year-old’s mother.
An uproar has been caused by the case of bullying in Pyrgos and it concerns the harassment and assault of two young Roma on a 15-year-old boy. It is only a matter of time before the case file for this specific case reaches the hands of the Prosecutor’s Office of Pyrgos, with the official filing of a lawsuit the day before yesterday by the father of the bullying victim, who after two incidents of harassment of his son decided to initiate all legal procedures.
“The child is afraid to leave the house”
About the incident as well as the history of this whole threatening situation for the child, he spoke to patrisnews the mother of the child. As she revealed, this situation has started since July 29 when her child also returned home and revealed to her that he had been approached by the “bullies” who slapped him, however she initially thought it was something random and some quarrel between them that it would end there.
The shock she suffered when watching the video and the concern it caused her, were what led her to the Police to file a complaint, with the duty officer as she noted advising her that it is better to make a recommendation to them. In fact, she sent her son to the village for most of the summer, believing that the issue would be forgotten, however, upon his return, the “bullies” found him again, attacked him and threatened him that things would get worse and that he would not be able to go out from home.
“We have initiated the necessary procedures”
The final incident was the final straw, with the parents going to the police to initiate all the necessary procedures. “The child is afraid to leave the house, he stays inside and wherever he goes we go out together. He doesn’t even go out to the neighborhood, because that’s where the incident happened.” stated the mother conveying the fear her child was experiencing.
She made special reference to how this situation started, noting that she was classmates with her son in high school, where a feud arose and there were accusations of fires and destruction of school property. “They said if he doesn’t acquit them of these charges, they will hit it harder. The child is terrified and is afraid to go anyway. He sits inside the house,” conveys the shocked mother.
In fact, she pointed out that it was only when she saw the video that she realized that the situation was very serious, while emphasizing that despite their actions she does not know if all this will stop, which leads her to think about changing the school environment either here in the city or in the village.
“It’s not just my child”
However, the biggest shock in the case was the mother’s revelation that her child is not the only victim of bullying. “They have also attacked other children who are afraid to speak. Younger than mine, still in primary school. Wherever they find, they strike. Unnecessarily. These keep coming back to Pyrgos. The incident happened almost outside my house. They hit it, threatened it and left”he declared, shocking public opinion.
“Shall we mourn a victim?”
Placement for the specific incident was also carried out by mayor of Pyrgos Panagiotis Antonakopoulos. As he argued, this is a small group of a particular origin with delinquent behavior that has concerned the authorities in various ways and many times, yet continues to circulate and terrorize. In fact, he estimated that if the same violations were committed by others, they would already be in prison and emphasized that this tolerance, which reaches the limits of cover-up, is challenging for law-abiding citizens.
Among other things, he said that there should be immediate actions in order not to mourn a victim, while he also referred to the documents he has sent to all the authorities since the beginning of his term regarding such phenomena. In fact, he noted that extreme situations also lead to negative results, reminding everyone of the case of Thymios. However, he also appeared knowledgeable about the problems on the eastern side of the city from certain groups, informing that a committee of citizens had recently come for this specific issue. “In a democracy, the safety of the citizen is the highest good. When we deal with this fleetingly and superficially, I think it is a challenge. We have a state crisis from the moment you feel held hostage by the violence of some criminals”, he added.
“My daughter was also a victim of bullying”
In a revelation that will shock and will certainly be discussed, Mr. Antonakopoulos then proceeded. In particular, he emphasized: “Even my daughter had been a victim of bullying and I had been told that he and he would be the perpetrators and indeed they were. They took them to the department and nothing happened. Shall we do this work now? What if they kill a child?’
In fact, he sent an SOS to the authorities asking them to rise to the occasion. “No more public relations and shenanigans. I don’t know if there are other networks that they use and leverage, but they let these people do what they do. End of tolerance. And from the municipal authorities, tolerance is over,” he concluded.
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