Brazil high school student stabs teacher in wild video
New York Post • • world
Key Points:
- A 17-year-old student in Cametá, Pará, Brazil, attacked her mathematics teacher with a hunting knife after receiving her graded exam, resulting in a violent struggle captured on video.
- The teacher, Betânia de Almeida, sustained a stab wound but was treated at Cametá Regional Hospital and discharged after a CT scan confirmed no organ damage.
- The student was arrested at the scene and admitted to attacking the teacher out of personal dislike, but as a minor, she faces a socio-educational measure rather than criminal charges.
- The Union of Public Education Workers of Pará condemned the attack, urging a thorough investigation and highlighting the broader issue of violence against educators.
- Legal experts indicated the possibility of confinement as a penalty for the minor under the Statute of the Child and Adolescent, reflecting the severity of the attempted homicide.
