Another bullying in Catholic school leaves boy unconscious

A boy has been left unconscious after he was bullied by his seniors at the Sacred Heart Primary School, owned by Catholic Church.

The boy, in grade four was supposed to testify in a case of sexual perversion among pupils on a Monday, but he was bullied by the seniors on the eve of his testimony.

Authorities of the school in Zimbabwe are attempting cover-up by claiming that the boy tried to commit suicide.

But the boy’s father has withdraw his child from the school.

According to the Chronicle, the Grade four boy was on November 6, 2021 taken for treatment at United Bulawayo Hospital where the doctor said he had suffered very serious injuries and that severe force was employed to inflict the injuries on him.

It was gathered that the boy was brutalised by Grade seven pupils as he was on the verge of testifying in an investigation into sexual relations among pupils at the boarding school.

The online portal reports that the boy was allegedly blindfolded, assaulted, tied with shoelace on the neck and thrown out of a window, as he lost his consciousness.

“I was shocked when I was told that my child tried to commit suicide.

“This occurred as he was supposed to testify the following Monday in a case involving claims that some pupils were having sexual relations. But that wasn’t to be as he was attacked on Sunday,” father of the boy said.

He added that “When I quizzed him (son), he said he never tried to commit suicide using shoelaces.

“He told me that he was attacked by a group of Grade Seven boys who blindfolded him using socks and took him to a window where one of them pushed him outside. He said his son told him that he tried to call his friend to help him,” he said.