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The mother and father of a youngster say he’s fortunate to be alive after being hospitalized following an assault by a gaggle of fellow college students at a New Jersey faculty.
The beating on the ninth Grade Academy in Trenton occurred June 14th of this week on what was the final day of faculty, the boy’s mother and father advised NBC10 sister station Telemundo62 in an unique interview. Neither the boy nor the mother and father wished to be recognized for worry of additional reprisals.
The assault was caught on video and confirmed a gaggle of scholars punching, kicking and stomping on the boy as he was on the bottom and up towards a chain-link fence.
The household shared photos with Telemundo62 displaying the teenager carrying a neck brace on the hospital, with welts and bruises on his physique, together with a big welt on his brow. “I really feel dangerous watching every part they did to my son,” his mom mentioned by tears.
After the assault, his mom mentioned, her son additionally acquired two messages through Instagram that mentioned the beating was just the start and that the perpetrators would kill the boy.
It’s unclear what prompted the assault, however the sufferer’s mother and father mentioned he could have drawn the ire of different college students as a result of he repeatedly stands up for fellow Hispanic college students who get mocked on the faculty.
Trenton Public Faculties, the district overseeing the ninth Grade Academy, mentioned in an e-mail that officers had been working to establish the attackers and to ship their info to the Trenton Police Division.
“We would like justice as a result of we don’t need different kids to get damage,” the boy’s father mentioned.
