US teacher threatens to behead student over Israeli flag comment
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New York: A social studies teacher in Georgia has allegedly threatened to behead a student for saying she was offended by the Israeli flag.
Benjamin Reese has been arrested and charged with terror threats and cruelty to children, according to ABC News.
The police report reveals as per the Warner Robins Middles School website, Reese is a seventh-grade teacher for social studies.
The incident, according to the outlet, was reported by another teacher who heard Reese yelling at three students on December 7.
Alongside, the report said that several teachers, staff members and students heard Reese threatening the students.
One of the students whom Reese targeted told the police she had approached him to ask about the Israeli flag in his classroom.
The student reportedly ‘pointed at the Israeli flag and told Reese that she has a question about it.’
When the student asked why Israeli flag was hanging in the classroom, Reese said he was a Jewish and his family members still lived there.
Responding to it, the student found the flag offensive as 'Israelis killing Pakistanians.'
It is not known if the student or the officer who wrote the report meant ‘Palestinians’ referring to the Israel-Hamas war.
It is reported that neighouring classes heard Reese yelling ‘You don't make an antisemitic comment like that to a Jew.’
The Guardian reported citing police account that Reese had threatened to slit her throat and kill her.