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View all search resultsDeath of 12-year-old student highlights govt failure to prevent school bullying
Twelve-year-old Angga Bagus Perwira was found dead in his classroom at SMPN 1 Geyer Junior High School, Grobogan, Central Java, on Saturday at around 11 a.m. According to his classmates, Angga had been involved in two separate altercations with peers earlier that day, before experiencing seizures and ultimately passing away.
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junior high school student in Grobogan, Central Java, has died after allegedly being assaulted by his classmates, once again highlighting the government's failure to address bullying and violence in Indonesia’s schools.
Twelve-year-old Angga Bagus Perwira was found dead in his classroom at SMPN 1 Geyer Junior High School, Grobogan, Central Java, on Saturday at around 11 a.m.
According to his classmates, Angga had been involved in two separate altercations with peers earlier that day, before experiencing seizures and ultimately passing away.
His grandfather, Pujiyo, said that an autopsy revealed multiple injuries, particularly to Angga’s head.
"Forensic doctors found a concussion on both sides of his head, a blood clot in his brain and a fracture at the base of his neck," Pujiyo said on Sunday, as quoted by Kompas.com.
Angga, the eldest of two siblings, had been raised by his grandparents since childhood.
According to Pujiyo, Angga had repeatedly complained about being both physically and verbally bullied by his classmates in the weeks leading up to his death.
