4-year-old scalded, teacher detained

A teacher at a kindergarten in Jinan, Shandong province, was detained on Friday after being suspected of abusing a 4-year-old boy who suffered severe skin burns from boiled water, according to local police.

The 28-year-old teacher, known by her surname Yu, dragged the boy into a boiler room on March 23 and reprimanded him, according to a statement by Tianqiao district public security bureau on Friday.

The boy, surnamed Tian, was burned by hot water, but how his injury was caused is still under investigation, according to the statement.