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School teacher arrested for inciting children to hit classmate

A school teacher in Arta, northern Greece, was expected to face a local prosecutor on Wednesday after the parents of one of his pupils filed a lawsuit against him for allegedly inciting fellow pupils to hit their eight-year-old son when the latter move to exit the classroom before the school bell rang.

Local media reported that the parents allege that the teacher incited one of their son’s classmates to hit him before urging others to do the same.

According the lawsuit several pupils eventually hit the boy.

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