Overview
- At a judge’s order requested by Benevento prosecutors, Carabinieri enforced precautionary measures limiting the movements of five investigated teachers.
- Investigators cite recordings that show toddlers immobilized with clothing, kept in strollers for long periods, insulted, slapped, pulled by the hair, pushed, and forced to eat or sleep.
- Prosecutors report victims as roughly 10 months to 3 years old, with some children covering their faces defensively when staff approached.
- The inquiry began after a cooperative representative alerted authorities following a worker’s account of mistreatment inside the nursery run by a religious congregation.
- Parents have reported bruises and gathered outside the facility seeking answers, and the mayor met families as the investigation continues without any convictions to date.