UK: Six arrested for hate crime attack on 17-year-old

The 17-year old Kurdish-Iranian hospitalised with a fractured skull and a blood clot on his brain.

London, Apr 2: UK police have arrested six people in a vicious attack on a teenage asylum-seeker in the London borough of Croydon.

Authorities are questioning 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 hospitalised 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. Police are treating the attack as a hate crime. Britain has seen a surge in xenophobia expressed in threats, taunts and attacks after Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

PTI