Student attacks teacher in New York school: video

NEW YORK – A 16-year-old student was charged with assault after allegedly attacking a 50-year-old teacher in class, police said.

Police said it happened Monday in a classroom at Gorton High School in Yonkers.

Video of the attack shows a young woman striking a teacher several times, while the teacher is on the floor behind her desk.

The student was suspended and faces possible expulsion.