Austria – Teacher suspended after after an antisemitic statement

Neunkirchen – A teacher at a Neunkirchen school has been suspended after a verbal derailment. The teacher is said to have made an antisemitic statement in class last Friday. 

“Consequences under service law were immediately initiated,” and a teacher was “immediately withdrawn from teaching,” the Education Directorate for Lower Austria said.

According to the report, several students are said to have confided in other teachers and the management of the education directorate. The incident is currently being investigated, it said. 

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