The director of the Education Department in Taif has formed a committee to investigate the assault of a middle school teacher by two young men, according to media director AbdullahAl-Zahrani.

Reliable sources said the young men beat up teacher Bilal bin Rabah in the Alroedef neighborhood in front of a number of school students before fleeing the site.

The sources said Bilal was taken to King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital for treatment. Two students were reportedly involved in an altercation with the teacher in the classroom, prompting him to take disciplinary action against them.

One of the students fled and appealed to two other young men, who later broke into the school and assaulted the teacher, they said.