Police arrest six after hate crime attack on asylum-seeker in London

[inanna]

Source: Associated Press

Published Sunday, Apr. 02, 2017 11:30AM EDT

U.K. police questioned six people Sunday in a vicious attack on a teenage asylum-seeker in the London borough of Croydon.

Authorities have arrested four men and two women, all in their 20s, on charges of attempted murder in the attack that left a 17-year old Kurdish-Iranian hospitalized with a fractured skull and a blood clot on his brain.

Police say eight youths approached the teen at a bus stop Friday night. Upon learning he was an asylum-seeker, they chased him through the streets and beat him. The attack only stopped after bystanders intervened and police sirens could be heard.

Residents told Press Association they saw far more people involved in the attack and saw many more watching as the teen was beaten.

Read more: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/police-arrest-six-after-hate-crime-attack-on-asylum-seeker-in-london/article34553325/

[Doreen]

1. Being disabled it would be pointless but I would step in to help that young man anyway.

I could never just watch someone get beaten. I would not have the patience for the police to arrive. With a blood clot in his brain he could possibly die still. That is so sad. My heart goes to him.

[shenmue]

3. :(

[lunasun]

2. Violent droogs are real