Siberia, March 26: Education officials in Siberia were sacked amid a scandal sparked after videos appeared online showing students beating an elderly female teacher.
A criminal investigation was launched after pupils filmed the attack on the 73-year-old during a physical education lesson and posted the video on the internet, Sky News reported.
The video shows the students wrapping Yelena Ivanovna in a volleyball net and kicking her around like a football.
The teacher suffers from sclerosis – and the following day could not remember what had happened.
She has been shown the video but could not believe it.
“Is that me? Children could not do that,” she said and burst into tears.
Other teachers at the Irkutsk school said they had long known about the victimising, but claimed the school director banned them from telling anyone.
—Agencies