A 14 year old student, Yusaf Khanny, who stabbed his 50-year-old Nigerian teacher, in the classroom also boasted about the crime on Facebook.
14-yr-old pupil stabs Nigerian teacher in UK, boasts about it on Facebook
"The motherfucker getting funny so I stick the blade straight in his tummy," 14 year old student, Yusaf Khanny, wrote in a Facebook update that strangely got 38 likes at the time of the screen grab.
Science teacher Vincent Uzomah was stabbed in the classroom by a 14-year-old student
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Vincent Uzomah, from Nkwerre, Imo state, was stabbed in the stomach at Dixons Kings Academy around 08:55 BST on Thursday, police said.
Uzomah, who had only taught at the school for about a month had attempted to confiscate a mobile phone Khanyy who was reportedly using it during class before the incident.
Following a shouting match, the student allegedly stuck a knife into the teacher's stomach and fled the school premises.
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Instead of feeling remorseful, Khanyy went on his Facebook page to boast about the crime.
A screen grab of his Facebook post was published by a blogger.
"The motherfucker getting funny so I stick the blade straight in his tummy," he wrote in the update that strangely got 38 likes at the time of the screen grab.
A student who told BBC he witnessed the incident said Uzomah was polite and "never shouted" when he demanded the phone from the student.
"He just got something out of his pocket and stabbed him and ran off," the student said.
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Police conducted a manhunt for the student before he was later arrested, but not before he made his boast post on the popular social media network.
During the manhunt, the school's Executive Principal, Nick Weller, told BBC said the "shocking" events were witnessed by a number of students.
Uzomah is being treated in hospital.
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