(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 16 - Some 30 parents broke into a middle school and attacked a special needs teacher near Naples on Thursday, sources said Saturday.
    They said the cause of the incident were rumours about the teacher's alleged sexual abuse of some students.
    The incident happened at Scanzano, a hamlet of Castellamare di Stabia, on Thursday morning.
    The parents of the alleged victim were also at the scene.
    Her father tried to defend her but suffered a broken wrist, while the teacher sustained a concussion caused by multiple blows to the head.
    Carabinieri intervened to rescue the young woman and her parents at the Istituto Salvati.
    The teacher had recently received death threats.
    No complaint has so far been filed against the teacher over the rumoured sexual abuse.
    She recently found a boy smoking in a bathroom and he was suspended for two days.
    In August, sources said, her social media profiles were hacked.
    Attacks on school staff have risen in Italy lately, including teachers being stabbed by students. (ANSA).