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3 Classmates Charged with Her Brutal Beating in Boston Victim Had Been Seen Holding Hands with Other Girls |
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All three will face four felony counts of indecent assault on a child, assault with a dangerous weapon, attempted rape, and civil rights violations by force. The victim, who had a knife held to her throat and who was threatened with rape by an accompanying male, was repeatedly beaten by all six assailants until she fell unconscious.
Boston's Mayor Thomas M. Menino deplored the attack. School Superintendent Thomas W. Payzant called it "horrific." Crime statistics gathered from FBI reports show that arrests for violence committed by female juveniles has doubled since the 1980s. Arrests rates for youthful males, though higher, have remained unchanged. |
Boston, Massachusetts—Six Boston High School students boarded an MBTA
train last week and savagely attacked a 16-year old Moroccan classmate whom
they mistakenly believed to be a lesbian. Three of the bullies, all girls, have been identified
and charged with the crime. Two, aged 15, will be tried in juvenile court. The third,
aged 17, will be tried as an adult.
