Deadly School Bullying Case Shocks Mexico
Deadly School Bullying Case Shocks Mexico
World | Agence France-Presse | Updated: May 24, 2014 02:58 IST
Mexico City: Mexico's president vowed Friday to launch an all-out battle against a spate of bullying in schools after a 12-year-old boy died from injuries sustained in a beating by classmates.
Hector Alejandro Mendez Ramirez died of head trauma at a hospital Tuesday, one week after schoolmates slammed him against a wall in front of school staff in the northeastern city of Ciudad Victoria, according to the victim's family.
The tragedy in Tamaulipas state made national headlines, putting a spotlight on a scourge that the education ministry says is on the rise.
Hundreds of people held a demonstration in Ciudad Victoria on Wednesday, demanding justice over the boy's death.
Speaking at a regional teacher training center in Tamaulipas, President Enrique Pena Nieto said he had instructed his education minister to speed up the implementation of a national anti-bullying program.
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