An Egyptian teacher at a primary school in Alexandria is alleged to have beaten an 11-year-old pupil to death, according to local newspaper reports.
The maths teacher, Haitham Nabeel Abdelhamid, who worked at Saad Othman school, was furious because Islam Amro had not finished his homework.
After using a ruler to punish him, the teacher is alleged to have taken the young boy outside the classro More..om.
Mr Abdelhamid is then alleged to have hit the boy violently in his stomach.
The young pupil fainted and was taken to hospital where he died after a sharp drop in *lo** pressure and heart failure.
The teacher is reported by Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Alyoum to have told the prosecutor that he was only trying to "discipline the boy, not to kill him".
Mr Abdelhamid was remanded in custody on manslaughter charges.