Tragedy in Spain: 12-year-old twin sisters throw themselves into the void to escape their fate

A chilling tragedy. On Tuesday February 21, 2023, 12-year-old twin sisters plunged Catalonia into horror by jumping from the balcony of their apartment in Sallent, about sixty kilometers from Barcelona. One of them, Alana, died instantly, while the second, Leila, was hospitalized in serious condition, Catalan police said. Still under observation at Sabadell hospital, she reportedly wrote that she acted in solidarity with her deceased sister.

According to several local media, the two teenagers would have taken action after being the target of school harassment in their school. Arrived from Argentina with their family two years ago, they would have constantly suffered the taunts of their comrades because of their accent, said their grandfather, Gustavo Lima, to the A24 channel. In addition, Alana would have been the subject of all the more violent mockery after having evoked her transidentity. She allegedly asked her classmates to call her Iván, but some of them were being disrespectful by calling her Ivana.

School bullying cases on the rise in Spain

In Spain, it’s amazement. “Since the pandemic, we have seen an increase in self-destructive behavior by young people, and especially adolescents, noted Thursday, February 23, the Minister of Education, Pilar Alegría. We work with all local authorities so that each case alerts the entire administration and that we can provide the best responses..” An investigation has been opened to understand the exact circumstances of the tragedy. Letters written by the two victims were seized from their homes.