Overview
- Carabinieri in Verona executed one-year professional interdictions against five staff members at a private nursery in the city center.
- Judicial police, supported by the Carabinieri NAS unit in Padua, seized the building to stop alleged harm and allow further checks.
- The judge for preliminary investigations issued the orders following an inquiry opened in December into suspected maltreatment of numerous children aged 9 months to 3 years.
- Surveillance footage, as described by investigators and local media, reportedly shows grabbing, slaps and pinches, hair or ear pulling, restraints to chairs, isolation, and toys thrown at children.
- One recording reportedly shows a child kept in a dark closet and a pacifier forced into her mouth, while prosecutors emphasize the measures are precautionary and invite parents to cooperate.