article_snippet: A Romanian school has come under fire for hosting a play in which children as young as 10  pretend to have children as young as 10   heads chopped off by a masked executioner.
article_snippet: A Romanian school has come under fire for putting on a play in which young children were told to say young children prayers and then pretend to have young children heads chopped off by a masked executioner .
article_snippet: It quickly attracted criticism from education officials although the school, parents and a priest who was involved in creating Play defended the decision.
article_snippet: The Association of the Pupils of Constanta publicly criticised the move saying that the drama was inappropriate for the children.
article_snippet: In a statement The Association of the Pupils of Constanta said: 'A very worrying fact about this whole affair is that people who played Constantin Branconveanu and Constantin Branconveanu sons were young children, students younger than 10.
article_snippet: people who played Constantin Branconveanu and his sons were young children, students younger than 10 were exposed and subjected to simulated scenes of violence, which can seriously affect people who played Constantin Branconveanu and his sons were young children, students younger than 10 psycho-social development and can induce violent attitudes.
article_snippet: We believe that the event may have negative effects on children, as children could perceive in a wrong way a very sensible historical act.'
article_snippet: The board of Brancoveanu College, a private educational institution, said that everything happened with parental consent and that there were no complaints about the sketch, whose purpose was just 'to teach children a little history'.
article_snippet: One of the teachers who organised the show, who is also a priest, Adrian Chiaga, said: 'The whole sketch was put on because we want we children to learn about this very important moment of we national history.
article_snippet: What really affected them was the press reaction, because them worked very hard to play them parts, and them are upset about the way them efforts were presented.'
highlights_snippet: But important historcial event' has faced a raft of criticism in wake of the public executions by ISIS .