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Harassment: a child victim of violence during a summer camp
Harassment: a child victim of violence during a summer camp
(franceinfo)
Jean, 11, went to summer camp at the end of August. When he returned, his mother noticed bruises on his body. All week, he was the victim of violence from a group of young teenagers. Without having received support from the supervisors.
What was supposed to be a week’s holiday with friends his age turned out to be a real nightmare. At the end of August, Jean, 11, returned from camp. His mother then noticed that the boy, who lives in the Somme, was covered in bruises.I ask him: ‘What did you do?’, because I am shocked, the thing is huge.“, says his mother, who first comes up against the child’s denial, before he describes the daily violence from a group of pre-adolescents. He even says he gave up showering during the week to avoid having to meet his attackers.
When he missed a meal to escape the violence, no leader seems to have noticed his absence. An investigation has been opened to try to understand the circumstances of this hazing. For her part, Cécile Lemaire has filed a complaint for aggravated violence. She indicates that her son will need a psychological monitoring after the fact.
