On the afternoon of October 8, Mr. Lai Van Duong, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghia Loc Commune (Nghia Dan District, Nghe An), said that the authorities are verifying and clarifying the case of several children being beaten and bruised while in the 5-year-old class of Nghia Loc Kindergarten.

Mr. Duong also said that the same morning, the commune authorities and police worked with the school to verify the incident and initially determined that 6 children were beaten by their classmates, of which 2 children were beaten the most severely and had to be hospitalized for treatment.

After being scanned and treated, the injuries of these two children have improved and they are currently in the hospital for further monitoring. The two children who were most severely beaten have bruises on their legs, arms, faces, backs, etc.

Sharing on social media, a family member of a beaten child said that the child who beat her classmates was a girl. She used a glue stick and a ruler to hit her classmates. This person expressed anger when asking where the teacher went and what she did when the children were beaten so much.

Mr. Lai Van Duong also said that at around 2:00 p.m. on October 7, the two teachers in charge of this class reported to the group leader to temporarily leave the class to make a demonstration model. The group leader assigned another teacher to supervise this class.

"During the time I was babysitting, at the end of the session, I went to the bathroom and took care of personal business, and a female classmate used a plastic tube and a glue stick to hit other students. After that, the school and parents took the children for X-rays, and the two most seriously injured children were hospitalized for treatment," said Mr. Duong, adding that initial determinations showed no signs of adult or teacher impact on these injuries.