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A Montreal teacher was fired for showing his 10th grade students the killing and dismemberment video allegedly filmed by Canadian gay porn actor Luka Magnotta, the school board said Thursday, CNN reported.

"The unacceptable character of this action taken by the teacher commanded an unequivocal measure," Diane Lamarche-Venne, president of the Educational Commission of Marguerite-Bourgeoys, said in a statement.

The commission's investigation took into account the gravity of the teacher's actions, the affect on the students and "standards mandated by the teachers' collective agreement," the commission said. The video "contained offensive and inappropriate material," the board said.

School officials said the class viewing took place on the morning of June 4, the same day German authorities captured Magnotta in a Berlin Internet café, ending an international manhunt for the suspected killer. Jun Lin, a 33-year-old student at Montreal's Concordia University, was killed in late May in one of the city's grisliest crimes in years.

Police said Magnotta killed and dismembered Lin and posted a 10-minute video of the slaying online. Montreal police Cmdr. Ian Lafreniere said the video shows Magnotta engaged in sexual acts involving body parts and included evidence of cannibalism.