Greek teacher's death under investigation after students allegedly abused
Sofia Christidou, an English language professor who died from a hemorrhagic brain stroke on Saturday at the third high school of Thessaloniki following months of severe harassment by specific male and female pupils. The prosecutor's office has ordered preliminary investigations into how her death occurred after she reported being subjected to physical abuse including having objects thrown at her while students exposed their buttocks, threatened them with knives or forced a student named "P" onto the bed next to hers in front of other children who were laughing loudly and screaming insults.
Key Points
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1Sophia Christidou died from a hemorrhagic brain stroke after months of severe bullying by students at the 3rd High School in Thessaloniki.
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2The teacher reported being thrown objects, having her buttocks exposed to others' backs shown publicly and verbal abuse that made life 'black'.
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3Thesalonicikan prosecutors have ordered an ex officio preliminary investigation into how she died following these harassment allegations.
Developments
Perspectives
The teacher Sofia Christidou experienced a nightmare situation at her school in Thessaloniki where she was thrown objects and threatened by students, as described in the statement of protest.
— [Mar 10, 23:45] Eleftherostypos.grUnheard-of scenes occurred when teachers were abused; Sofia Christidou suffered a cerebral episode after being targeted repeatedly for months with harassment from specific students at her public school in Thessaloniki.
— [Mar 10, 23:45] Topontiki.gr and Zarpanews'They made my life black': The teacher who died in the city of Salonika had reported what she experienced to a police investigation after being humiliated by students at her school for months.
— [Mar 10, 23:45] Newsbeast.gr and Protothema