Mobile phone captures Russian teacher beating student

A teacher in northern Russia could face up to three years in prison after being captured on a mobile phone camera beating a student in front of his classmates. The student ended up in the hospital, The AFP reports.

"A shaky video taken by one of Tolya Ivanov's classmates shows his teacher holding him up against the blackboard striking him on the head repeatedly and throwing him across the room.

... The school's reaction to the beating was to approach the student who took the video to ask him to delete it.

An investigation has been opened into the incident with the teacher facing up to three years in prison if found guilty, prosecutor Yelena Smirnova told the television."

emily | 9:50 AM | Happy Slapping/Violence |
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