In February, a 14-year-old boy in Yatomi City, Aichi Prefecture, was stabbed by a boy in the same grade with a kitchen knife and died. He explained that he answered "yes" to the question "Have you been bullied?" In a questionnaire asking about the worries that were held.
However, in a subsequent school interview, he said, "Recently, it's okay."
On the 24th of this month, police arrested a 14-year-old boy of the same grade at a junior high school in Yatomi City, Aichi Prefecture, in a case where a 14-year-old third-year boy who attended this school was stabbed near the abdomen with a kitchen knife and died. , We are proceeding with an investigation on suspicion of murder.
The Board of Education of Yatomi City held a meeting on the 29th, and in response to the question "Have you been bullied?" "I was forced to do work related to the student organization election" or "there was an unpleasant remark" about the deceased student.
After that, when the teacher in charge interviewed, the arrested student said, "It's okay these days," so the school didn't report to the board of education.
In the questionnaire conducted last month, no mention of bullying was confirmed, but Takumi Okuyama, the director of the Yatomi City Board of Education, said, "The report was not thorough," and apologized.
On the other hand, according to the investigators, the arrested student admitted that he was accused of the police investigation so far, and there were several things he disliked at school etc. besides the relationship with the victim's student. Since he made a statement to the effect that he was desperate, the police are investigating how the incident came about.