Student dies while running as punishment for being late

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Student dies, school punishment

The boy's grieving family is looking to file a case against the teacher.

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Published: Mon 7 Oct 2019, 11:41 AM

Last updated: Mon 7 Oct 2019, 1:47 PM

A 14-year-old student in Indonesia died a tragic death after he was asked to run around the school's field for coming to class late.
On Friday last, the deceased student and his five friends were instructed by their teacher to run around the school's field as a punishment. According to a report by AsiaOne, the student identified as Fanly Lahingide collapsed on the field and later died, quoted TFT.
Lahingide was in the second lap of the run when he passed out and was rushed to hospital where he was declared brought dead. The boy's grieving family is looking to file a case against the teacher, and urged police to investigate and stop teachers from meting out such punishments to students.


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