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The assault and robbery of a child's backpack as he was heading to school in San Miguel del Padrón, Havana, on the morning of this Monday, has caused shock and once again highlights the alarming insecurity on the streets of Cuba.
The report of the robbery was made by Nanette Ortiz, the child’s mother, in a Facebook post where she warns about the danger that Cuban children are facing due to the increase in crime and the lack of security.
The mother reported that at 11 AM on Monday, her son left the house headed to the school he attends, the Alejandro Herrera Basic Secondary School, located at 4th Street and Rizos Alley, in the La Corea neighborhood, San Miguel del Padrón municipality.
Moments later, the teacher contacted her to inform her that the child had been robbed in the vicinity of the school. "They stole his backpack and threw the books in the street,” the mother stated.
The boy did not suffer any injuries, Ortiz stated in the text, which conveys his sorrow and anger over the robbery that the young boy fell victim to.
"How far will crime go? Today it happened to mine, tomorrow it could be yours," she said at the beginning of the statement, and later posed several questions: "Is there no longer safety for our children to go to school? Today it was the backpack, what will it be tomorrow?"
“How it hurts me that a shameless person comes to steal something from the children. There is no security in the streets for our kids anymore,” she lamented, answering her own questions.
Immediately, dozens of people supported her complaint and expressed their solidarity with her and her son. Some even expressed their desire to donate a new backpack to the child.
In the comments, there was unanimous alarm and indignation about the rise in crime; the danger faced by children in neighborhoods, where individuals without scruples are capable of attacking them to rob them; and the lack of effective action from the authorities to curb the wave of crime that is currently being experienced in the country.
In the past year, there have been numerous assaults on children and adolescents with the intent of stealing their cell phones, backpacks, or valuable items. Last November, residents of Santos Suárez captured a young man who was dedicated to assaulting middle school students, to whom he snatched their mobile phones at knife point.
Day by day, on social media, Cubans report assaults, thefts, murders, and other violent events that shape the everyday reality of Cuba, which is very different from the sugar-coated image that authorities and official media try to convey.
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