Teacher dies after setting herself alight in school

A FRENCH maths teacher who doused herself in petrol and set herself on fire in front of terrified pupils died of her injuries yesterday.

The 44-year-old was hospitalised on Thursday after walking into the playground of a high school in the southern city of Beziers with a can of fuel and starting a blaze that left her with third-degree burns.

She staggered across the yard in front of her horrified students, some of whom joined teachers in rushing to her aid.