Swedish boy, 6, stabbed for 'wearing pink'

A 6-year-old boy was stabbed in the neck at a preschool in Jönköping in central Sweden after having been the target of bullies for an extended period of time. The boy, named as Oskar, told how his liking for pink clothing, ballet and nail polish left him exposed to regular bullying from other boys in his playgroup.

He had also complained to his parents that he had been subjected to taunts that he was "gay" and "a girl". He had furthermore complained of being excluded from the group, and having been dragged from a climbing-frame.



The incident last week in which the 6-year-old sustained a noticeable injury to his neck after having been stabbed with a blunt knife was the last straw for the parents, who have now moved their son and reported the matter to the Schools Inspectorate (Skolinspektionen).

The parents were reportedly further angered by the fact that they heard of the incident from their son and not from the staff at the preschool, who described the clash as a "small incident". "I don't want to have my child at a school which considers a stab with a knife to be a 'small incident'," the boy's mother said.