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Four employees at a Spanish nursery have been arrested over alleged child abuse after a shocking video showing a toddler being slammed against a wall and force fed emerged.
The footage, which was secretly filmed by a student on a work placement at the Casanueces nursery in Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid province, shows the disturbing moment a female staff member grabs a young toddler and slams him against a wall as she squeezes his face.
‘Don’t spit out your food!’, she screams at him, as the terrified young child cries in despair.
‘I’m so sick of you’, she continues to say.
The woman repeatedly pushes the tot’s head against the wall, before she turns him around and pins him down onto her lap and begins to force feed him.
‘If you spit it out I will put it back in’, she tells the child, before telling him: ‘If you vomit, you are f***ed*.
Even more disturbingly, another member of staff can be seen in the background, un-phased by the cruel treatment of the young child.
Spanish police have arrested two employees for the alleged abuse of a child, while two others have been arrested for failing to report the appalling incident, a police spokesperson said in a statement.
Four Spanish nursery workers have been arrested after one woman was caught on camera abusing a toddler
The footage was secretly filmed by a student on a work placement at the Casanueces nursery in Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid province
The women are currently being held in police custody and are scheduled to appear in court later today.
The shocking incident has left parents demanding answers from the nursery, as well as local authorities.
One horrified mother called Nancy told Spanish news outlet Antena 3 that she has not been able to sleep and cannot help but imagine what awful treatment her 18-month-daughter might have endured.
‘Everything we’ve seen is engraved in my mind’, she said.
Nancy also revealed that her toddler had recently experienced a sudden loss in appetite, and said that after seeing the shocking footage of a child being force fed, she now understands why her daughter might have been refusing to eat.
The Torrejon de Ardoz City Council is requesting that the Madrid-East Territorial Area Directorate of the Department of Education of the Community of Madrid open an investigation into the incident.
The women are currently being held in police custody and are scheduled to appear in court later today
In one instance, the woman is seen force feeding the child
Picture shows a general view of the Casanueces nursery in Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid
It has also requested that the Education Inspection Service take appropriate action regarding the organisation and operation of the nursery and the staff.
The nursery is currently closed, while the Madrid City Council’s Education Department has made support available to any affected family members.