A 15-year-old student in Pitesti attacked his classmates with a hatchet, and his family says the violence did not come from nowhere. According to his relatives, the teenager had been a target of bullying long before that day. The case has reopened a hard conversation in Romania about harassment among pupils, which usually starts small. Nicknames, humiliation and exclusion come first, and they can escalate into physicalviolence. Teachers and parents are now being urged to watch for a newer twist as well: photographs of children doctored with artificial intelligence and shared to shame them. Adults, observers warn, tend to shrug off the early signs as ordinary teasing right up until something serious happens. The Pitesti case is a reminder that school can become the most feared place in a child's life.