What happens in Viseu? PJ investigates youth suicides

At the end of September, four young people from Viseu tried to commit suicide. In recent months, there have been two deaths like this. All of the same school and the same course.

According to, two of the four students who last week attempted suicide in a high school in the district of Viseu made a death pact.

Just there was no greater tragedy because the mother of one of these boys realized that something was not well and called INEM. The 16 -year -old eventually confessed that had everything prepared to kill himself that night.

As the CM reports, the mother will later warned the family of the other friend, who had agreed and prepared to do the same at the same time.

The boy assumed he had made a death pact with his friend and had already prepared farewell messages.

The four suicide attempts took place in late September, with boys from same school where a young man had committed suicide weeks before; and where, In May, another died in the same way.

These successive cases in the same school as Viseu are alarming the school community and, above all, parents.

“There is a great revolt because Something serious is passed and nobody says anything. O Director of the School Grouping does not receive parents. He hides and tells his parents not to create social alarm, because he is a candidate for the Municipal Assembly, ”he reported to CM an education in charge, who asked for anonymity.

“How many deaths and attempts have to have more for anyone to work?” He asked.

The father of the 16 -year -old who committed suicide in the first week of classes in September revealed to what “on the day happened, my son arrived at home excited and happy to say that I had recorded a video that would serve as spot advertiser of the gym he frequented ”.

But hours later, everything collapsed to that family: “We don’t realize Nothing. And all the people we have spoken with assure us that there was no indication that would lead to this outcome. It’s very strange”He lamented.

This young man did not leave any farewell message.

Parents tell CM that only two weeks after their son’s death received psychological help: “We were two weeks without any support “Well we needed it, especially in the days that followed to death.”

“We are living in a lot of pain, with a lot of suffering because we do not have an explanation for what happened,” he said, revealing that the cases are involving specifically adolescents from two classes of technological courses.

The director of the group argues that the cases of passing out of school and therefore are external cases. However, this father asks: “So many cases involving boys from the same class and other class will so much coincidences?”

According to CM, the If it is under the judiciary.