Bangladesh man gives 17 clip around the ear

A teacher in northern Bangladesh cut the ears of 17 students with scissors to discipline them.

Abdul Majid Sardar said he was angry with his charges because they had stopped reciting Islamic verses when he stepped out of the classroom for a stroll.

Two of the students – aged six and nine – needed stitches, while 15 others received first-aid.

The school’s head stopped Sardar after hearing the students’ screams. Relatives of the schoolchildren also rushed in, and beat the teacher with sticks.

Sardar was sacked from the school in Bogra, 100 miles from the capital, Dhaka.