Venice teacher in hot water over racist FB posts (3)

(ANSA) - Rome, October 21 - A Venice teacher who posted racist and xenophobic statements on her Facebook profile is already the subject of two Veneto disciplinary probes, the education ministry said Friday. "The administration intervened promptly in the case, and the Venice prosecutor's office has also been informed", it said. The English teacher at a Venice liceo, Fiorella Pontini, reportedly wrote that she wished all migrants dead, as well as criticising local and national politicians. Venice Assistant Prosecutor Adelchi d'Ippolito told ANSA: "We are assessing whether there are elements of a criminal nature on the basis of the facts".