10-year-old boy commits suicide after he was bullied at school

A 10-year-old boy, Sammy Teusch has died by suicide after being bullied relentlessly at school, according to his family, who claim to have raised the alarm at least 20 times in the last year.

Sammy, from Indiana in the US, was in the fourth grade, where his parents say he suffered at the hands of playground bullies, the New York Post reports.

Sam and Nichole Teusch claim they complained to the school roughly 20 times about the bullying their son endured, stating it began when he was in primary school and continued into middle school.

However, the heartbroken parents believe Sammy endured bullying until the night of his death on May 5.

“I held him in my arms,” his dad, Sam, told a local news outlet. “I did the thing no father should ever have to do, and any time I close my eyes, it’s all I can see.

“They were making fun of him for his glasses in the beginning, then on to make fun of his teeth. It went on for a long time.

“He was beat up on the school bus, and the kids broke his glasses and everything.

“I called the school, and I’m like, ‘What are you doing about this? It keeps getting worse, and worse, and worse,’” the dad claimed.

READ ALSO:

• Nigerians attack Reno Omokri for calling Fubara ‘bushman’
• Medical activities paralysed in A’Ibom as doctors begin strike over abducted colleague
• Convicted notorious kidnapper Evans opts for plea bargain

The school district’s superintendent denied any bullying reports had ever been submitted by either the parents or the boy, according to reports.

However, he acknowledged that the school’s administrators and counsellor had regular conversations with the family throughout the year, without elaborating because of confidentiality rules.

The schoolboy’s family insisted their fears had been made clear.

“They knew this was going on. They knew this was going on,” the dad claimed.

Sammy’s grandmother, Cynthia Teusch, was furious at the district for claiming it has a zero-tolerance policy on bullying.

“They can’t just say they have zero tolerance because that doesn’t mean there is zero tolerance for bullies; their zero tolerance means that they don’t have responsibility for it,” she told reporters.

“People trust their kids with the school, but now that trust is breaking down.”

Nichole, believes her son took his life because the constant bullying—especially an unspecified incident in a bathroom last week—left him too afraid to go to school.

“He was my little boy. He was my baby. He was the youngest one,” she told reporters.

10-year-old boy commits suicide after he was bullied at school

Convicted notorious kidnapper Evans opts for plea bargain

Convicted notorious kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, has asked for a plea bargain.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state lead counsel, Mr Yusuf Sule, informed the court about the plea bargain option on Thursday when his murder and attempted kidnap case was called for re-arraignment.

The case came before Justice Adenike Cokers of an Ikeja High Court.

NAN reports that Evans and a co-defendant were to be re-arraigned on an amended five-count charge bordering on murder, attempt to murder, conspiracy to commit felony, wit: kidnapping and attempt to murder.

Sule informed the court that the case was for re-arraignment but he was aware the defendants had applied for plea.

The prosecutor, however, said the plea bargain terms were being considered by the Attorney-General of Lagos State, Mr Lawal Pedro (SAN).

18 feared killed as truck crushes fully-loaded bus at Abia police checkpoint

No fewer than 18 travellers were feared dead in a crash on the Umuahia-Enugu axis of the Port Harcourt Enugu Highway on Thursday morning.

An 18-seater commercial bus was at the checkpoint awaiting police clearance when a truck driver lost control and rammed into them killing the driver and all the passengers.

READ ALSO:

• Lagos govt to empower one million youths with ICT skills
• We will sanction teachers engaging in extra lessons after school – LASG
• La Liga President confirms Mbappe to Real Madrid move

 Mr Bananas Okereke, an eyewitness, told our reporter on a telephone that the bodies of victims still littered the scene at 8:20 am.

He said: “The road is blocked by protesting bus drivers and other motorists who are asking that  the policemen who caused the accident be brought back to the scene.”

 “Colleagues of the bus driver and other road users have taken over the road, demanding Justice for the victims. They vowed to remain there until Governor Alex Otti visits the scene.”

18 feared killed as truck crushes fully-loaded bus at Abia police checkpoint