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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.

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

Hate Crime

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

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