The camera captured the shocking moment when a one-year-old girl was hit and bitten by two teachers at a daycare in Brazil.
Surveillance footage showed the baby and other young children playing on the floor of Tutti Bambini, a school in the southeastern city of Uberlândia, where it was attacked on October 7.
One of the women, whose name has not been released, leaned over and slapped the girl’s butt and then sat down to tend to another girl.
A second woman, an 18-year-old whose name has also not been released, entered the room and aggressively picked the girl up off the floor and sat her down.
He then grabbed the girl’s left arm and bit her while the other worker watched without intervening.
An 18-year-old daycare assistant (center) was caught on camera biting the arm of a one-year-old girl in the southeastern Brazilian city of Uberlândia on October 7. The young woman, whose name has not been revealed by authorities, initially said that the girl had bitten herself before surveillance cameras showed otherwise.
Two daycare assistants (top and bottom right) were fired after they were recorded hitting and biting a one-year-old girl.
The baby could be seen touching her arm before the woman removed her arm and began applying an unknown substance to the bite mark.
The parents became concerned when they noticed the mark on their daughter’s arm and the woman told them that her daughter had been bitten.
They doubted the daycare workers’ claims and demanded an inspection of the surveillance camera system, which uncovered the employees’ lies.
The girl’s father, who hid his identity, told TV Integreçao that his wife feels guilty since she learned that daycare workers abused his daughter, adding that the school was more worried about its reputation being tarnished. was clouded by the girl’s well-being.
The distraught mother, who also asked not to be identified, has had trouble sleeping and constantly wakes up crying in the middle of the night.
After biting the one-year-old girl, the daycare assistant smeared cream over the bite mark on the girl’s left arm. He initially told the boy’s parents that he had been bitten before the school reviewed surveillance footage and discovered his lie.
A daycare assistant in Brazil was seen on video hitting the buttocks of a one-year-old girl moments before her colleague bit her left arm.
‘Everyone stood there looking at her and she cried for minutes. “They kept pulling on his arm to see if there were any marks, applying cream with all their might,” he said. ‘It destroyed me. It was something I never thought about.
“It’s hard for me to see all this,” he added. “My daughter is one year old and has no way to defend herself.”
Both assistants were immediately fired by Tutti Bambini on October 8.
‘We would like to highlight that, throughout our 10-year history, our school has always maintained a high level of care and attention…we have prioritized creating a family and supportive environment, as all parents have noted . who have been with us all this time,’ the nursery said in a statement.
“However, we recognize that we have no control over individual reactions and behaviors, and that unexpected situations may occur.”
The Minas Gerais Civil Police is investigating the incident.