The grandmother of the Argentine twins who jumped from the third floor of the building where they lived in Sallent, in Barcelona, after which one died and the other remains hospitalized in critical condition, confirmed that her granddaughters suffered bullying at the school they attended.
“We are dismayed, all this is unfortunate. I have hardly been able to talk to my daughter (the mother of the twin sisters) because she is in shock,” the grandmother of the 12-year-old girls assured the Spanish portal Informativos Telecinco.
Likewise, the outlet specified that “from the family they have insisted on bullying as the cause of what happened” and that “everything seems to indicate” that the girls made the decision to jump from the balcony of the apartment in which they lived.
“From the family they have insisted on bullying as the cause of what happened” and that “everything seems to indicate” that the girls made the decision to jump from the balcony of the apartment in which they lived
“They suffered bullying at school and in high school they continued to have problems,” said the girls’ grandmother, referring to the fact that the problem due to nationality began during primary education and continued when they went to secondary level.
And he stressed: “The parents talked to the school, but nothing was done.”
The Llobregat de Sallent Institute, where the girls attended, ensures that there are no files for bullying, but the Ministry of Education has opened an investigation in this regard, according to the Telecinco portal.
Regarding the state of health of the girl who survived, the grandmother said that she is “sedated” at the Parc Taulí Hospital in Sabadell while they perform tests to “see that clots do not appear in the head“. and added that she has “several broken bones” and that she will undergo surgery in the next few hours.
The fact
The incident occurred on Tuesday around 3:00 p.m., when the twins rushed from the third floor of the house to which they had recently moved with their family, located in Estación 4 street.
As a result of the impact one of the girls died instantly while the other managed to be stabilized and taken urgently to the Parc Taulí hospital in Sabadell.
According to local authorities, So far the case is being investigated as a possible suicide.although the researchers do not rule out reasons such as family problems or school bullying.
The case caused a strong commotion in the town of Sallent of just over six thousand inhabitants, where the Argentine family moved almost two years ago.
The City Council decreed three days of mourning and there was a minute of silence in front of this public officewhile all scheduled public events were suspended, including carnival festivities.
“We have made ourselves available to the need that may exist for all the people affectedfirstly from the family and also to all who consider it appropriate to be able to pass this fact that makes us all very sad”, assured the local mayor, Oriol Ribaltain a press conference.
“We are dismayed; for us this is a tragedy,” he added in statements to Catalunya Ràdio and confirmed that psychological assistance is being given to the family.
Meanwhile, the Department of Education of the Generalitat reported that The Psychopedagogical Counseling and Guidance Team activated the protocol to provide support to the twins’ schoolmatesin conjunction with professionals from the Emotional Well-being Program.
