Boy clubs teacher with hammer
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A 17-year-old schoolboy has been detained for attacking his English teacher with a hammer following a dispute over a late assignment, police said yesterday.
The incident happened when the boy, an 11th-grader at the Shanghai Tonghe Middle School in Baoshan District, went to the teacher’s office about noon on Wednesday.
The teacher, a 37-year-old surnamed Yuan, had earlier reprimanded the unnamed pupil, who turns 18 on Sunday, for not handing in his homework.
Yuan told police that the boy went to her office about lunchtime and for awhile simply stood outside the door. When she asked him about his missing homework, he reached into his bag, pulled out a hammer and began hitting her.
Yuan said she did not know how many times she was struck.
A witness said he heard screams coming from Yuan’s room and several teachers ran to investigate. They found her lying on the floor with blood coming from her head, and spotted the teenager fleeing the scene.
A colleague called the emergency services and Yuan was taken to the Shanghai No. 10 People’s Hospital.
Her doctor told Shanghai Daily yesterday that Yuan was dazed and confused on arrival, and was unclear as to what had happened to her.
An examination showed Yuan had eight lacerations to her head, and had suffered a small fracture near her scalp.
The doctor said she was also concussed, and that internal bleeding had resulted in bruising to her left eye.
Despite the severity of the attack, Yuan is in stable condition and should not suffer any long-term memory loss, he said.
According to police, the boy turned himself in to police on Wednesday afternoon, accompanied by his father.
He also proffered the weapon he used to attack Yuan, which police said was a small round-headed iron hammer with a 10-centimeter shaft.
The hospital said the boy’s parents visited Yuan yesterday to apologize.
The teacher told police she has worked at the school since 1999. Her attacker was in the “elite class,” though English is one of his weaker subjects, she said.
According to colleagues, the boy is introverted, but generally well-behaved.
Police said he has been detained for intentional injury, while the case remains under investigation.
Children aged 16 to 18 can be charged with intentional injury, though if found guilty tend to be given sentences that are more lenient than those handed down to adults convicted of the same crime.
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