A guard stands next to the banner hung by the boy's relativesThe words “Teacher, I can’t do it,” were found written in one of his textbooks, CNR said. The words “I flinched several times when I tried to jump from the building”, were also found.
The boy’s relatives posted a banner outside the school in Chengdu, reading “The teacher forced our kid to jump off the building”.
The police are still investigating. The boy’s school said yesterday that the child and some of his classmates had been ordered to write reviews of their behaviour after they had disturbed a speaking competition. The school said the boy died “by accident”.
The boy was 10 years old.
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