Three-Year-Old's Finger Severed at Changwon Daycare Rabbit Pen ... Police Investigate View original image

The police have launched an investigation after an accident occurred at a rabbit pen in a daycare center in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, where a three-year-old child's finger was severed.


On March 12, the Masan Dongbu Police Station announced that it is conducting a preliminary investigation on two individuals, including the director of the daycare center, a woman in her 50s referred to as A, on suspicion of occupational negligence resulting in injury.


According to the police, at approximately 10:41 a.m. on March 9, a portion of the left index finger of a three-year-old child was severed at the rabbit pen managed by the daycare center.


The child was taken to the hospital, but it was reported that the severed part of the finger could not be found at the scene of the accident, so reattachment surgery was not possible.


It has been determined that the rabbit pen where the accident occurred was an outdoor structure made of metal bars.



The police plan to charge the daycare center staff with occupational negligence resulting in injury after completing a thorough investigation into the exact circumstances of the accident.


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