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UBA Medical School Death Triggers Probe Into Alleged Bullying, Case Treated as Likely Suicide

Prosecutors are reviewing WhatsApp screenshots alleging harassment of the student.

Overview

  • Matías Rolfi, a 27-year-old Nutrition student, died after falling from the second floor of UBA’s Faculty of Medicine in Buenos Aires.
  • Authorities and media describe the circumstances as a likely suicide, according to initial reports from the scene.
  • Family members and classmates say Rolfi, who was diagnosed on the autism spectrum, faced persistent bullying by peers and a teaching assistant.
  • Relatives link his distress to failing a Physiology exam and attending its review that day, noting he had previously paused studies after conflicts.
  • The faculty issued condolences, offered psychological assistance, and declared mourning, while a legal and institutional investigation proceeds.