Mocked and insulted. The victim is an autistic teenager. The herd, made up mostly of peers, targeted him on board a Tour Baire bus during a journey between Cagliari and Capoterra . The owner of the transport company, Matteo Baire, was informed of the incident. And he decided not to delay.
He addressed the bullied child and those who, like him, suffer harassment: " To them, victims of unbearable verbal attacks and uncivilized gestures, we want to say: you are the only ones who have the right to travel with us". But there are also words for the parents of the children who acted with ferocity: "We want to ask for help", says Baire, "because it is only by teaching civilization and trying to understand the behavior of their children that a better society can be built". And a negative message to the protagonists of the story: «This is not a place where one can be harassed, verbally abused and hurt others», he continues speaking of his company's vehicles, «here there are no stronger and weaker . And we feel no need to have bullies on board."
A sentence entrusted to social media that Baire explains on the phone: "Our driver told me that a group of kids had thrown cigarette butts and sweets on board, but he didn't realize exactly what was happening".
The discovery of the act of bullying comes when the mother of the very young victim turned to him: «He told me that they targeted him, with insults of all kinds. His sister was also on board. And when she tried to intervene, they also took it out on her ».
It is not clear whether cigarette butts and sweets were thrown at the "weaker", as Barie defines him. «I don't know, but the fact remains serious. I decided to make the complaint public to try to get the message across to as many people as possible. Maybe some parents, reading, will wonder if their child is involved. And he could intervene ». So far no one has shown up with the company, for apologies.
