Tanzania teacher to hang for killing pupil (BBC)

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A teacher in Tanzania has been sentenced to death for beating a pupil so badly that he died of his injuries.

Judge Lameck Mlacha said Respicius Mtazangira, 51, had acted maliciously when he repeatedly hit the child with a blunt object last August.

The teacher had accused 14-year-old Sperius Eradius of stealing a female teacher’s handbag.

Corporal punishment is illegal in Tanzanian schools but remains common practice. Read more

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