Shocking: Student attempts suicide at Szeged elementary school, Hungary – UPDATED with new information

A tragic incident occurred at a Szeged elementary school, where a student reportedly attempted suicide on school grounds. The boy was discovered by a school janitor and rushed to the hospital. Authorities and emergency services have declined to release further details, citing an ongoing investigation.

Emergency responders, including ambulances and police, were dispatched to Zrínyi Ilona Elementary School in Szeged after reports of a student attempting suicide. According to Délmagyar, the incident involved an upper-grade student who was found hanging in the school restroom. The janitor discovered the boy, who was transported to the hospital. His current condition remains unknown.

Parents of other students reportedly learned about the event from media outlets, sparking concern and shock. A fellow student revealed that the boy had recently transferred to the school. On the day of the incident, he borrowed a neck strap meal card from a classmate, allegedly using it in the attempt.

Authorities, including the police, ambulance services, and the Szeged Education Center, have refrained from providing additional information to Szegeder and Telex, citing a media blackout on the case. The Csongrád-Csanád County Police Headquarters confirmed that the matter is under investigation but declined further comment.

UPDATE: New information about the boy

“The student who attempted suicide at the Zrínyi school was a former Wesley student who was fine for two years until Wesley closed. Now he’s attempted suicide,” a Telex reader contacted the news portal on Wednesday.

Another source told Szegeder that the student who hanged himself on Tuesday at the Zrínyi Ilona Elementary School in Szeged was originally attending the Wesley János Kindergarten, Elementary and Secondary School in Szeged, which was closed by the Government Office in September.

Endre Tóth, a politician of the opposition party Momentum , also reported that the student used to go to Wesley, a school run by Gábor Iványi’s church. “We obviously don’t know the exact reasons for the student’s actions, but we do know that for students with special needs, who attended Wesley in large numbers, a change of school is a much greater shock than the average. Especially when they have to do it suddenly, in a matter of days, without any preparation. Especially if they have to go back to a school where they were previously very unhappy,” he said.

According to him, they should not have been subjected to this. As he said, “Neither financial debts nor the personal grievances of the Prime Minister are worth so much, nothing can be more important than the physical and mental health of children”.

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