HOKKAIDO, Jun 30 (News On Japan) –
In a major growth concerning the 2021 incident wherein a junior highschool lady froze to dying in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, a reinvestigation committee has acknowledged that bullying was doubtless the first explanation for her suicide.
In 2021, Asahikawa City confronted a tragic incident the place 14-year-old junior highschool pupil Saaya Hirose, who had been subjected to bullying, froze to dying in a park. Today, town’s reinvestigation committee reported to Mayor Hiroyuki Imazu that Hirose had skilled seven acts of bullying each inside and outdoors of faculty, which have been doubtless the primary explanation for her suicide.
Naoki Ogi, chairman of the Asahikawa Bullying Issue Reinvestigation Committee, said, “It is evident that the trauma from bullying, flashbacks, and various other factors had a lasting impact, causing her prolonged suffering.”
The preliminary investigation by a third-party committee had acknowledged the bullying however concluded that there was no clear causal hyperlink to her suicide. This conclusion led to robust objections from Hirose’s household, prompting a reinvestigation that started two years in the past.
Source: TBS