In India, a Hindu teacher orders her students to hit their Muslim classmate

The incident, filmed and broadcast on social networks, provoked strong reactions across the country, plagued by tensions between Hindus and Muslims.

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The Indian authorities promised, Saturday August 26, to take action after the publication of a video showing a teacher ordering her students to hit a Muslim boy. This video, taken on August 24 and whose authenticity has been verified by the police, shows the teacher of a private school in the state of Uttar Pradesh ordering her students to slap a 7-year-old boy, arguing that he would have made a mistake reciting his multiplication tables. The video provoked strong reactions across the country.

“Why are you hitting him so lightly?” Hit harder », we hear him order the children, while the boy remains standing, crying. She then orders them to hit him on the body. “Start kicking him in the waist…His face starts to turn red, kick him in the waist. »

The father of the child has announced that he intends to withdraw his son from the establishment, according to theIndian Express. Interviewed by the Indian news agency ANI, the teacher apologized.

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