Menoufia parent stabs school principal; teachers syndicate intervenes

A parent stabbed a school principal in Menoufia, Egypt, wounding him, while the teachers syndicate said it has launched legal measures.

• Wael Abdel Azim, principal of Tandba New Primary School in Menoufia, was stabbed by a parent with a bladed weapon and hospitalized with two stitches.
• The assault followed Azim's intervention after the parent attacked a female school worker, the Menoufia teachers union said.
• Teachers syndicate head Khalaf Zannati assigned union officials to support Azim and instructed the branch lawyer to take legal action.