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Police Sirens: Attack and Police

police sirens: Police say eight youths approached the teen at a bus stop Friday night, according to The Chronicle Herald. Upon learning he was an asylum-seeker, they chased him through the streets and beat him. 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. The attack only stopped after bystanders intervened and police sirens could be heard. Police are treating the attack as a hate crime. Residents told Press Association they saw far more people involved in the attack and saw many more watching as the teen was beaten. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.