Teacher punishes schoolboys with burns

An Asian female teacher used a lighter to punish school boys by burning their hands and face, prompting education authorities to immediately sack her.

Police arrested the teacher after parents reported that she used the lighter fire on their hands and faces, which carried burn marks.

The students’ families in the Saudi capital Riyadh reported the unnamed teacher after noticing such marks on their faces and hands.

“School boys told their parents that the teacher burned them with a lighter as a punishment in class,” Sada newspaper said.

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