Students Attack Teachers with Weapons and Blows Amid Shaking Authority

A series of incidents have occurred in which students swung weapons at and assaulted teachers, laying bare the grim reality of declining teacher authority.

The prosecution asked the court today (September 2) to sentence high school student A, who harbored a grudge from his middle school days and sought out a teacher to slash and injure him, to a maximum of 4 years and a minimum of 2 years and 6 months in prison.

Student A was put on trial on charges of attempting to murder a teacher in their 30s with a weapon at a high school in Gyeryong, South Chungcheong Province, on the morning of April 13.

It was found that A harbored resentment, believing that the teacher, who had been the head of student affairs during A's middle school years, had singled him out for particularly harsh scoldings.

When the teacher transferred to the high school A was attending and was placed in a position to discipline him once again, A refused to attend school and had been commuting to an alternative school in another region starting a week before the crime.

Investigations showed that A came to the school with a prepared weapon hidden in his bag on the day of the crime and carried out the attack.

The prosecution stated the reason for its sentencing recommendation, saying, "The nature of the crime is not light as he stabbed a teacher with a weapon, but we took into consideration that A is a first-time offender and reached a settlement with the teacher."

In his final statement, A said, "I caused pain to the teacher through my wrong behavior," adding, "I will never use violence again and will resolve conflicts through dialogue."

In Cheongju, an incident also occurred in which an elementary school student assaulted a teacher.

This morning, a 5th-grade student, B, assaulted a teacher in a classroom at an elementary school in Cheongju.

Student B is known to have punched the teacher in the face and head several times and kicked them.

The school administration stated that it is investigating the detailed circumstances of the incident, including the reason behind the student's assault.

Reported by Park Se-won | Video by Kim Na-on | Graphics by Yang Hye-min | Produced by SBS Digital News
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