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14 Toddlers Attack, Bite
1 Year Old In
Nursery
Canoe,
CNews
10-23-3
- ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) --
Fourteen small children attacked a one-year-old boy at a nursery in the
Croatian port city of Rijeka, biting the toddler at least 30 times, a
doctor said Thursday.
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- The child sustained more than 30 deep bite marks all
over his body, including his face, in Monday's incident. It happened
after a nanny briefly stepped outside the playroom to change another
child's diaper.
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- "Biting between young children is not uncommon, but I
have never seen anything like this," said Dr. Sime Vuckov, the head of
pediatrics at the Rijeka municipal hospital, who treated the
victim.
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- A police investigation was under way, but what
prompted the 14 other children to turn on Frane Simic remained
unclear.
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- Psychologist Bruna Profaca, who has 17 years of
experience with toddlers, agreed that it was common for children to get
irritable and violent, but not on such a wide and organized
scale.
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- "Still, it could have easily have been a fight over a
toy or something," Profaca said. "Children do not have the tools to
resolve conflicts and they tend to respond aggressively. The main thing
is not to leave them unattended."
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- While the scars were expected to heal, Vuckov said the
main concern was whether the psychological shock would leave traces on
the child and his parents.
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- "Our psychologist has evaluated the boy and we will
continue to monitor him and provide any type of assistance so that he
can overcome the trauma as soon as possible," Vuckov said.
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- The boy's father said he was considering suing the
nanny in charge.
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- http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2003/10/23/234399-ap.html
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