DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- A teacher in northern Bangladesh cut the ears of 17 students with scissors to discipline them, news reports said Thursday.
Abdul Majid Sardar, a teacher at a Muslim school in Bogra district, said he was angry with his students because they had stopped reciting Islamic verses when he stepped out of the classroom for a stroll, the Prothom Alo and Bhorer Kagoj newspapers reported.
Two of the students -- aged six and nine -- needed stitches, while 15 others received first aid, the reports said.
The school's head stopped Sardar after hearing the students' screams. Relatives of the schoolchildren also rushed in, and beat the teacher with sticks, the papers said.
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Abdul Majid Sardar, a teacher at a Muslim school in Bogra district, said he was angry with his students because they had stopped reciting Islamic verses when he stepped out of the classroom for a stroll, the Prothom Alo and Bhorer Kagoj newspapers reported.
Two of the students -- aged six and nine -- needed stitches, while 15 others received first aid, the reports said.
The school's head stopped Sardar after hearing the students' screams. Relatives of the schoolchildren also rushed in, and beat the teacher with sticks, the papers said.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/09/16/631773.html
