Three students in
Rome wrote the word gay and drew a swastika on a
classmate's chest, according to AGI, an Italian news agency.
An unnamed
official from the Mario Mieli organization for gay rights
told AGI that the episode is "extremely serious, not
only because it offended and shocked the boy, who did
have the courage to report it, but also because it
recalls ancient methods, which should just belong to the
past."
A teacher at the
school immediately reported the event to the headmaster,
who notified local police.
"For the three
boys, it may just have been a stupid thing, a way to
prove their strength," the official said, "but to us it is
an extremely serious episode that indicates the
tendency to isolate, using uncalled-for violence".
(The Advocate)