Teens drag 2 girls into woods, beat them with bat, shave head, steal shoes in New York
Two girls were savagely beaten by a group of teenagers in Queens' Kissena Park in New York earlier this month. The girls, aged 13 and 16, were ambushed, dragged into the woods, and assaulted with a baseball bat in what one relative described as an 'execution-like' attack, as per a report by the New York Post.The brutal incident unfolded on May 2, around 6 pm, while the girls were playing basketball in the park. A group of older teens — four 17-year-olds and one 16-year-old — reportedly approached the girls and began an argument that quickly escalated into a shocking and relentless assault.advertisementAccording to police and disturbing videos shared online, the group forced the girls into a wooded area where they began beating them with a bat. One of the attackers even used a portable hair clipper to shave part of the 16-year-old's head, while others looked on or recorded the attack, the Post reported.
Footage shows a teen in a black and red hoodie repeatedly striking the 13-year-old as she curled up on the ground, trying to shield herself. He then ripped off her expensive speakers, a pair of limited-edition Air Jordan 4 White Oreos worth over USD 500, and struck her again. At one point, he appeared to remove an article of her clothing as she sat dazed and limp.The attackers fled the scene with the stolen shoes and the older girl's phone, leaving both girls badly bruised, swollen, and traumatised.advertisementOne of the girls reportedly lost consciousness during the nearly two-hour ordeal. A Chinese-language newspaper, World Journal, reported that the older victim was taken to a hospital with large bruises covering her back and a bald patch above her forehead. Her family said she was so shaken she could barely speak afterward.Police confirmed the victims knew their attackers, though the motive remains unclear. While both victims and their alleged attackers are of Asian descent, the incident has not been labelled a hate crime.Authorities are treating the case as a robbery due to the stolen items, but the victims' families are demanding a deeper probe, calling the assault premeditated and barbaric.The New York Police Department (NYPD) has arrested all five suspects. Three 17-year-old boys, a 17-year-old girl, and a 16-year-old boy now face serious charges, including felony robbery, gang assault, assault with a weapon, harassment, strangulation, and grand larceny.
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