Teacher sets herself on fire
Published:Friday | October 14, 2011 | 1:20 PM
A maths teacher in southern France has survived after setting herself on fire at a school.
Students and teachers rushed to the aid of the 44-year-old teacher after she doused herself in petrol during morning break and set herself alight in the playground of the secondary school.
The incident reportedly followed a combative meeting with students at the school.
The education minister, Luc Chatel, said he is shocked by what he describes as a desperate act.
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