On Wednesday, September 18, 2024, a 2-year-old child was seriously burned while playing on a park facility in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne). Caustic soda had been spilled on the playground. Two minors aged 11 and 12 have been identified as the possible perpetrators and are to be questioned by the police.
Soda on a playground. The dramatic incident took place late Wednesday, September 18, 2024 in a children’s park in the Izards district of Toulouse. A two-year-old child was seriously burned on the thigh and buttocks while playing on one of the installations, as revealed by La Dépêche du Midi. Two minors aged 11 and 12 were reportedly identified by the police as the possible perpetrators. Apprehended by the police and summoned to the police station, they are due to be questioned shortly.
A large quantity of caustic soda, an extremely corrosive substance, had been spilled on the playground. Emergency services, who arrived quickly on the scene, took care of the injured child, who was transferred to the emergency department of the children’s hospital in Purpan, according to the local newspaper.
The national police arrived on the scene and discovered a bottle of caustic soda near the park, probably purchased in a nearby store. Samples were taken to try to identify the perpetrator(s) of the act using DNA traces. According to our colleagues at the daily, one of the supermarket employees remembered that a young teenager had purchased this product on Wednesday morning.
A fact cross-checked by the video surveillance images that were viewed. Bad joke or deliberate act, the investigation opened by the Toulouse prosecutor’s office will have to demonstrate it. Burned at 3rd degree, the child is still hospitalized and placed on morphine. He will have to undergo skin grafts. A kitty has been opened by his parents to help his family financially support the care.