Overview
- The inquiry by the Procura di Cassino is proceeding under the hypothesis of instigation to suicide, with an autopsy ordered on the boy’s body.
- Carabinieri seized the victim’s and classmates’ phones to reconstruct messages, voice notes and group chats, including a final note asking friends to “keep him a front-row seat.”
- Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara expressed condolences and directed inspections at the middle and high schools the student attended, and plans to contact the family.
- Relatives say repeated bullying stretched back to elementary school and prior reports to the school produced no concrete action, with the father saying the case was taken lightly.
- Funeral rites were scheduled in Santi Cosma e Damiano as the mayor voiced grief and concern over the seriousness of bullying in the community.