Children beat an elderly man in Havana

A Cuban denounced on social networks thehistory of violence which he witnessed, in the Luyanó neighborhood in Havana, when a group of children beat an elderly man.

"It happened on November 7th around 6:30 pm on the corner of Herrera and Melones. My father, a person over 70 years old, was hit in the back by a small group of children who were no older than 10 years old. ", saidJorge Luis León Delgado in the Facebook group Only people from Luyanó.

He explained that his father was returning from looking for bread when he wasattacked by children in the street, in an irresponsible game and evident lack of respect.

"Luckily it was not a blow that affected him, but it could have been dangerous. This is not funny. It is not the evil of boys. I am 38 years old and when I was a child, such atrocities never occurred to us in our lives. The evils were knocking on doors or doorbells, playing with your wallet with string, in short, things like the normal, healthy kids that we were," said Jorge Luis.

He issued a warning because a similar attack can happen to anyone and believes that it is important to always report these cases of violence.

"Boy, get off on that, I'm going to give you a good slap on the wrist and go straight to the police station, so that your forgetful parents remember that they have children and worry about what they are doing. The children are not to blame "Parents are ultimately responsible. Take care of their children and prevent them from becoming vandals," he said.

Dozens of people reacted to the publication, offeringsupport for the Cuban elderly and warning that later come lamentations and problems.

"It isneighborhood is dangerous at any time of day. Little kids who are not over the age of majority and have a handsomeness that drives me crazy. Among the parents who can't handle them, some, others don't care and others who don't know what their children's feet are lame with. Between the music being played and everything else that is influencing it, these kids are getting lost. It is sad and very painful to witness all that. "Undoubtedly something needs to be done about this and not laugh at them," said another.

"Parents do not know that their children go around in small groups assaulting, stealing and committing crimes of different kinds. The integrity of people is no longer respected, these facts should be reported to the police bodies," said an Internet user.