Horror in a kindergarten: children locked in the dark, forced to hit themselves and slapped. 2 teachers arrested

Ancona, July 24, 2026 – Slaps, pinches and hair pulling in addition to humiliating punishments, such as forcibly removing their shoes, making them walk barefoot, removing their hats even in the sun, locking them in dark bathrooms for a few minutes, or forcing them to hit themselves on the head. These are some of the mistreatments that two educators from a kindergarten in the hinterland

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of Ancona allegedly inflicted on children between 3 and 6 years old entrusted to them, according to the reconstruction of the Carabinieri of Agugliano, Loreto and the Operational and Radiomobile Unit of Osimo, in the province of Ancona. For this reason, they ended up under house arrest with a precautionary custody order issued by the investigating judge of Ancona at the request of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, at the end of an investigation launched in June.

“Slaps, hair pulling and pinches to children”

The two women also allegedly left the children alone in the garden without supervision several times. For the investigating judge, the conduct is incompatible with the role of educators. The military documented, with numerous observation services, how the two educators had mistreated children under 6 years old, entrusted to them, subjecting them to “systematic physical and psychological harassment, in a climate of persistent intimidation”. In particular, explain the Arma investigators, physical violence was found, with slaps to the face and head, pinches and hair pulling, tugging and pushing of the little ones.

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The crime of abandonment of minors also contested

Among the contested crimes there is also the abandonment of minors, since despite having the duty of custody and care of minors, aged between three and six years, they allegedly abandoned them, leaving them in the garden, totally unsupervised for several minutes. The investigating judge, in evaluating the serious indications of guilt, found “a systematic illicit conduct of the investigated, incompatible with the role of educators of children still in tender age, in a framework of violence, beatings, humiliations and threats and in a context of little attention or blatant disinterest towards the minors entrusted to the investigated”.

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