Headmaster flogs 10 year old to death in front of entire school over minor issue

A 10-year-old boy has died after being beaten to death in front of the entire school by his headteacher.

Year 6 pupil Khyalmat Khan was struck repeatedly with a rod by headmaster Waqar Ahmed in a private school in northern Pakistan yesterday – and succumbed to his injuries in hospital only a few hours later. According to local police, the boy was singled out during an assembly, brought in front of his classmates and beaten on his head, face, and back. Eyewitnesses said the punishment had been given over a ‘minor’ mistake. The headteacher was later arrested, and an investigation has been launched into the boy’s death.

The incident unfolded in the Jamrud area of Pakistan’s Khyber tribal district.

Khyber District Police Officer Rai Mazhar Iqbal said: “Violence against children and women will not be tolerated under any circumstances.

“No one has the right to misuse the noble role of a teacher to commit such brutality. A teacher is a spiritual guardian, but this man has dishonoured the sanctity of the profession.”