At a nursery school in Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture, three nursery teachers at the time were arrested on suspicion of assaulting children for abusing children. Interviews with the city revealed that there was a suspicion that it was enough.
The city plans to investigate the details in a special audit.
At Susono City's licensed nursery school "Sakura Nursery School", it was revealed that abuse had taken place from June to August this year, and the police investigated Sachi Miura (30), who was working as a nursery teacher on the 4th, and Komatsu. Kaori (38) and Rie Hattori (39) were arrested on suspicion of assault.
According to the police, in June, the three were suspected of hitting the face of a 1-year-old class, hanging with their legs, and hitting the head.
According to Susono City, there was an internal report that malicious acts were being carried out at the nursery school in July this year, and although the chief nursery teacher visited the class of 1-year-old children several times, it was not confirmed. was not done.
In August, the director also learned that there was a whistleblowing, but there was no interview or confirmation work, and there is a suspicion that the response was insufficient.
Toshihiko Sakurai, the director of the zoo, said in an interview with NHK so far, "There was no particular problem because the behavior was not confirmed during the patrol, and I didn't think it was that bad."
Susono City has been conducting a special audit of the nursery school jointly with the prefecture since the 3rd, and will investigate the details by interviewing the relevant parties.