A high school teacher in West High School, Knoxville, Tennessee was set on fire by one of her students on Monday.
The teacher, Gabriela Penalba, 23, turned her back to her class while lecturing her students when a 15-year-old male student set her hair and shirt ablaze using his lighter.
Students quickly put the fire out. The quick thinking of her students helped Penalba avoid any burns.
The student allegedly "exploited the commotion" by throwing the lighter out the window and fleeing before being captured by police.
The young man whose identity was not released, was charged with attempted aggravated assault and resisting arrest and was taken to a juvenile detention institution.he's a minor and has not been charged as an adult.
Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram militant Islamic group stormed a boarding school in Mamudo, Yobe killing about 30 students and a teacher.
Reports say the attackers who stormed the school around 2am were so brutal and showed no sign of mercy as some of the victims were burnt alive while some escaped with gunshot wounds.
Despite the State of Emergency declared by the Federal Government in three states including Yobe, there violence and clashes in these continue to generate concerns from the international communities
There is currently a heavy presence of military men in the location
and all those injured in the attack have being rushed to hospitals in
the state capital, Damaturu to receive the much needed medical
attention.
