Last week, a secretary was attacked and bitten on the leg, requiring hospital treatment. In the following days , other employees had to barricade themselves inside the building to avoid being bitten.
Alarm has been raised at the Giusy Devinu school complex on Via Meilogu in Cagliari due to the presence of three aggressive pit bulls roaming freely in the courtyard where the elementary and middle school children will soon return. The dogs belong to a man who, according to reports, is squatting in the school's caretaker's former quarters.
The teachers are afraid to cross the gate, the director Paola Angius has warned the Municipality and at Palazzo Bacaredda they have already taken action: yesterday evening an emergency meeting was held which was attended, among others, by the councillor for public education Giulia Andreozzi, the deputy mayor Cristina Mancini and the general director Antonella Marcello.
"The priority is to clear the courtyard of dogs before the start of the school year, and we've been working on this front since the very beginning," explains Andreozzi. "We'll then launch a survey of illegal occupations of municipal school buildings to take the most appropriate measures."
This morning, local police conducted an inspection of Via Meilogu: the pit bulls were missing. But this isn't the officers' first visit: they also intervened following an attack on the employee. According to leaks, the dogs are all microchipped and are being cared for regularly. The problem is, they can't stay there: living with children would be dangerous. And the first bell will ring in less than two weeks.