Indian school head stabs politician to death

A school principal fatally stabbed a Hindu nationalist politician while he was meeting supporters at his residence in an east Indian state, police said today.

Neelmani, the top police officer in Bihar state, said Rupan Pathak pulled out a knife from her shawl and stabbed Raj Kishore Kesri, a senior member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, in the stomach, killing him instantly.