Nobody can explain what happened, the boy was on his way to school and did not leave a note. The principal of the Cena: “Unfortunately, with distance learning it is more difficult to grasp the signals”
PAVONE CANAVESE. He took his father’s gun and turned it against his temple. Then he fired. Pavone Canavese lost a 19-year-old boy yesterday morning. Ready to go to school in Ivrea: he was attending the last year at the Iis Cena. The weapon was held regularly and well guarded.
He left without a farewell, without a ticket, without an explanation. «He was a normal boy, from an excellent family – explains Don Giuseppe Dorma, parish priest of Pavone -. In the morning I went to comfort the parents, who are our neighbors, whom we all know. We also knew the boy well, he had received his first communion, confirmed his confirmation and was still attending church. It is an incomprehensible gesture, also because we try to give the children excellent reasons to live and think about how to organize the future ».
News that also took the mayor Endro Bevolo by surprise. “It is a family of sound principles – he explains -, we can only gather around them and show them all our closeness”.
It was a completely unexpected event for the school as well. «I spoke to the teachers – says the principal Enrico Bruno – and it was a bolt from the blue. Then it was my turn to tell the boys and it wasn’t a pleasant thing at all. Of course we immediately activated the protocol with the ASL psychologist, who will meet with this class that at this moment is attending in presence ».
An episode that immediately brings to mind the tragedy of Borgofranco, where an even younger girl, 12 years old, took her own life, using the towel rope as a noose. A Pandora’s box that has revealed a profound discomfort among children of all ages: suicides, acts of self-harm, in fact, are not uncommon. «Unfortunately – continues the principal Bruno -, in this remote period in which we do not have continuous contact with the boys, we no longer have the opportunity to grasp those signals that we once managed to steal. With distance, they get lost ». –