3-year-old boy burned by water at Beja nursery hospitalised in Lisbon
The educator did not check the water temperature.

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The educator did not check the water temperature.

The former teaching assistants, already dismissed for just cause, are facing court for physical and psychological abuse of babies and children up to 3 years old, allegedly committed in 2024 and 2025 at the Casa do Povo de Rabo de Peixe nursery.
Four defendants are accused of having committed, respectively and consciously, 16, 17, eight, and three crimes of mistreatment against minors.

The Portuguese Public Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation after reports that a seven-month-old baby was allegedly assaulted at a nursery in Valongo. Authorities are probing the circumstances and possible criminal responsibility.

The mother filed a complaint and the Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating. “It's serious negligence,” she says. An employee has already been suspended.
