School bullying on the increase

It has come to light that two twelve year old girls attempted to commit suicide late last year because of class bullying. The girls apparently slashed their wrists but were found in time by their parents. The case has been brought to light by the Mlada Fronta Dnes daily in connection with the growing incidence of bullying in Czech schools and so called happy-slapping, a relatively new phenomenon in the Czech Republic. Surveys suggest that around 40 percent of primary school children have experienced some form of bullying.