Raheem Bailey, 11, was forced to have a finger amputated after fleeing racist bullies who had been tormenting him for months, according to his mother.
Raheem Bailey has been racially and physically abused by a group of racist students at Abertillery Learning Community in South Wales since he began attending the school in September of last year.
On Tuesday, May 17, Raheem Bailey attempted to flee his tormentors by jumping over a fence, breaking his finger in two when it became entangled in the wire.
Shantal Bailey, his mother, said in a heartbreaking Instagram post.
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“Raheem was attacked and beaten by a group of children whilst in school. He was pushed to the ground and then repeatedly kicked,” Shantal writes in the post. “Consequently, Raheem made a desperate attempt to leave the school grounds in order to escape the situation. I received a phone call from Raheem and then the school informing me of the incident.”
The mother of the 11-year-old said that the day before the incident, he called her crying while she was at work and told her about the bullying. Instead of reprimanding the attackers, Raheem said that “the teacher threatened him with detention despite him being the one being picked on.”
She went to the school after work to put an end to the situation and left confident that the bullies would be dealt with the following school day.
Shantal goes on to describe the next terrifying moments she and her son were forced to endure after being told that an ambulance would not arrive for Raheem Bailey for two hours. School officials, she claims, told her not to drive her injured son herself.
“Raheem, his baby brother, and I were taken to a minor injuries unit by the school bus, despite them knowing that his injury was severe. We spent the next five hours waiting for an ambulance to transfer us to the location where he would undergo surgery, in Swansea, 50 miles away from his home and school.”
She continued, ‘As time rolled on, it became more apparent that the possibility my son was going to lose his finger was a real one. The doctors then confirmed this was likely. I had to explain this to him while he sat there in agony.
When Raheem Bailey arrived at the hospital, surgeons attempted to reattach his finger for six hours but were unsuccessful. She also claims that the Abertillery Learning Community did not contact her after Raheem’s traumatic injury to check on him.
According to BBC news, a Welsh government spokesperson stated, “We condemn bullying and racial harassment in any form and expect allegations and incidents of bullying and racism to be fully investigated by schools with appropriate action taken to address the matter and prevent further instances from happening.”
Donations have surpassed $109,000 (£87,905) of Raheem’s GoFundMe goal of $12,500 (£10,000) for a prosthetic finger