After the publication of a false death notice about a 13-year-old in a daily newspaper in Bavaria, a classmate largely admitted the allegations of bullying on Wednesday.
The obituary was published last Friday in the "Augsburger Allgemeine", the same day the police suspected the 14-year-old. He initially denied participation.
False death notice in Augsburger Allgemeine about a 13-year-old from # Nördlingen. Police confirm connection to cyber bullying case at Maria Stern secondary school in Nördlingen. Five students affected. Details following. @ BR24 @BR_Schwaben pic.twitter.com/67uyxRGfxU
- Tobias Chmura (@TobiChmu) December 16, 2019In another interrogation, "the 14-year-old has largely admitted the acts he has been charged with," the officials now said. The investigation into the motive was still ongoing. It should be "in the personality image of the apparently IT-savvy adolescent," said the police.
Bullying had become known at the school in November. Five eighth graders have been bullied on the Internet for weeks. Someone sent them links to porn and threatened them in emails, a police statement said. Since the beginning of November there have also been orders in the names of the pupils: "Mobile phone and landline contracts have been concluded and trips have also been booked."
As a result, there was an information evening for schoolchildren and parents, which also included a police prevention officer. Nevertheless, several false student death notices were posted in the newspaper afterwards - one of them appeared.
The "Augsburger Allgemeine" was then very concerned by the incident, "which is unique in this form". She worked closely with the police to investigate the suspect, the newspaper said.
