The parents say two classmates allegedly beat their 11-year-old son on the stairs of a Cervera school, striking his head and legs. Another pupil intervened to stop the assault.
The complaint accuses the school of malpractice or passivity, and the family says it had raised the bullying with staff several times before.
Police sources confirmed the Mossos d'Esquadra probe to Europa Press, and the Departament d'Educació declined to comment while it continues.
The Mossos d'Esquadra, Catalonia's police force, are investigating a complaint filed by the parents of an 11-year-old boy at a school in Cervera, in the province of Lleida. Police sources confirmed the probe to Europa Press. The complaint names two classmates, who are allegedly responsible for the attack, and also accuses the school of failing to act. According to the complaint as reported by El Segre, the boy suffered injuries to his head and legs. The reports differ on the date: Europa Press says the parents' complaint reached police on 11 October, while LaSexta places it on Tuesday, 20 October.
The family says the insults began when the boy was in fourth grade of primary school and continued outside the classroom. According to the father's account, the harassment also took place on the street, at swimming pools and in the park, whenever the boy met the two classmates. During a class activity, the boy was asked which classmates he did not like to play with and said the names of two pupils. Later, as he was going down the stairs, the two boys allegedly caught him and struck his head and legs. Another classmate intervened to help him, and the assault stopped. LaVanguardia reports that the boy had told his family about the harassment for some time.
The complaint accuses the school of "mala praxis o pasividad", or malpractice or passivity, in dealing with the situation. The family says it had already raised the bullying with the school on several earlier occasions. The parents describe their patience as having run out after the latest episode, which led them to go to the police. The Departament d'Educació declined to assess the complaint because the police investigation is open.
“There is an ongoing investigation by the Mossos d'Esquadra. In these cases the information cannot be made public since it is under police investigation.”
Lleida prosecutors opened five proceedings in 2025 for school bullying by teenagers aged 14 to 17, one more case than in 2024. They also recorded seven offences against moral integrity in 2025, compared with one the year before. Across Catalonia as a whole, prosecutors' data counted 135 school bullying cases, 24 more than a year earlier.
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Catalan police are investigating a family complaint that two classmates beat an 11-year-old boy at a school in Cervera, Lleida, and that the school failed to act. The reports differ on when the complaint was made.
AI text based on reports by LaVanguardia, europa press and LaSexta. Published .