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| Student fails exam, shoots teacher |
| 2014-09-05 |
| [Gulf News] A university student in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... has shot his Jordanian teacher in an apparent act of "Dire Revenge™" after he failed his exams. The student, who failed last year to pass the orientation exam in preparatory English as demanded by the university in the northern Saudi city of Ha'il to fulfil the enrolment requirements, had to take the course again and with the same teacher. On the first day, the student reportedly brought a gun to class, hiding it in his clothes, local daily Al Eqtisdaiya reported. Ten minutes into the course, the student, who was not named, stood up and fired three consecutive shots at the teacher. The first bullet barely hit the teacher's belt while the other two struck the wall. The student then fled from the conference hall and ran towards a car waiting for him in front of the university. Students took the number of the getaway car and reported it to the security staff who rushed to the scene. However, a hangover is the wrath of grapes... one hour later, the student gave himself up to the police, the daily said. The university confirmed in a statement the incident, saying that it happened on Tuesday at 10.30am inside the building for preparatory courses given ahead of the formal admission. "The student fired three shots from a gun he had concealed in his clothes," the university said. "The teacher was not injured and was able to hide in another place. The student escaped in a car that belonged to one of his friends," it said. The attack was promptly condemned by social network users, saying that it was "dangerous and ridiculous." "It is an attempted murder, and I wonder how a student would think about killing a teacher," one blogger, Mon, posted. "What benefits would he gain from killing his teacher? It is really shocking." Another blogger, writing under the moniker of Hamoodovic, called for stringent action. "If every student who fails in his exams carries a gun to kill his teachers, then all universities would turn into grounds for massacres. This student has to be severely punished. He has obviously a history of failures. He failed his exams and he failed to control and manage his anger," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Aiming for what exactly? He hit his belt? That's dirty pool, man. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2014-09-05 16:53 |
| #3 Similar thing happened to one of the Brady kids with different results. The fellow obviously needs a new pair of glasses. I figure if the teacher was a christan Saudi Arabia would probabl ybehead the teacher but I'm not sure how it works with a Jordanian. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-09-05 15:00 |
| #2 Not looking promising this year year, either, |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-09-05 12:39 |
| #1 He failed his marksmanship test too. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-09-05 07:39 |