School teacher in China arrested after alleged hair pulling punishment scalped child and left him with internal bleeding


A primary school teacher in central China has been arrested for allegedly pulling the hair of a nine-year-old boy so hard the child’s skull was partially scalped and left him with severe internal bleeding and swelling.

The teacher, surnamed Chang, violently pulled the boy’s hair after noticing him talking in class, news platform thecover.cn reported.

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