Chinese Teen Die By Suicide After Mom Slaps Him Publicly At School

School tragedy: A 14-year-old boy from Wuhan, surnamed Zhang, jumped from a school building and fell to his death on Thursday, reports Global Times.

• Zhang is a ninth-grader at No. 1 Middle School in the Jiangxia District.
• The school’s headteacher summoned the boy’s parents for a meeting after he was caught playing poker.
• Surveillance footage in the school building’s hallway later showed the mother slapping the boy twice on the face after the meeting.
• Shortly after, the mother went home, leaving Zhang standing silently for three minutes.
• The boy then climbed over the railing on the fifth floor and jumped to his death.
• Passing students were seen attempting to stop him.

Trending topic: The boy’s death, which has sparked an investigation by local education and judicial authorities, has also caused a heated online debate on Chinese social media.

• On Weibo, news about the incident has attracted hundreds of millions of views.
• Some users noted that parents should not shame their children by beating them in public.
• Meanwhile, others countered that parents should not take all the blame as teens often struggle psychologically and are swayed by extreme emotions.
• There are also commenters who asked people to refrain from criticizing the mother who is now grieving the loss of her son.

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