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India Today
25-05-2025
- India Today
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 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 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 attackers fled the scene with the stolen shoes and the older girl's phone, leaving both girls badly bruised, swollen, and 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 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 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 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.
New York Post
24-05-2025
- New York Post
Teens attack 2 girls, shave one's head in Queens park assault: ‘Vile and inhumane'
A group of teens brutally beat two girls in a Queens park with a baseball bat — and even shaved the head of one of the victims in a horrific caught on video attack that a relative said was like an attempted 'execution,' The Post has learned. The 13- and 16-year-old friends were playing basketball in Flushing's Kissena Park around 6 p.m. on May 2 when a group of older kids approached and began an argument. At least four 17-year-olds and a 16-year-old dragged the girls to a wooded trail and ruthlessly whacked them with the bat, according to police and video clips of the incident posted to social media. Advertisement 4 Photos shared with World Journal showed one of the girls in the hospital with a patch of her head shaved. Family Handout One of the tormenters allegedly shaved part of the 16-year-old's head with a portable hair clipper, and the mob fled with her cell phone and the younger girl's $558 limited edition Air Jordan 4 White Oreos, leaving the victims bruised and swollen, police said. A brute in a black and red hooded sweatshirt could be seen whaling on the 13-year-old with the bat as she lay on the ground curled into a ball, according to disturbing video posted last week on Instagram by the advocacy group Asians With Attitudes (AWA). Advertisement He then ripped off her sneakers and pummeled her again. The assailant then sat the victim up, and appeared to take a piece of clothing off of her, according to the footage. The girl appeared limp by the end of the attack, the video showed. 4 The girls were left bruised and swollen and psychologically traumatized following the attack. Family Handout 'This was a planned, vicious and inhumane assault . This wasn't bullying, it was torture,' one community advocate said in a response video. Advertisement The victims knew their attackers, according to police, who did not reveal what the kids were beefing about. The victims were both Chinese and the attackers reportedly appeared to be Asian as well. The incident has not been deemed a hate crime, authorities said. One of the girls lost consciousness during the two-hour ordeal, World Journal, a Queens-based Chinese newspaper reported. 4 Videos shared to social media showed one of the attackers hitting a girl with a bat as other kids watched on. Instagram/asianswithattitudes Advertisement The family shared photos of the older girl on a hospital gurney with her back covered with massive bruises and a patch of hair missing from right above her forehead, World Journal reported. 'The whole process was like an execution,' an unnamed relative told the outlet, adding that the victim struggled to even speak after the attack. Police are treating the incident as a robbery, since the group made off with the younger girl's sneakers and the other victim's phone — but the victims' families have called for further investigation. 4 The girl appeared limp by the end of the brutal beating, according to the shocking video. Instagram/asianswithattitudes So far, the NYPD has arrested three 17-year-old males, a 17-year-old female and a 16-year-old boy on a slew of charges including felony robbery, assault, gang assault, strangulation, harassment, weapons possession and grand larceny. Four of the alleged attackers were arrested a week after the incident and a fifth was arrested on Monday. The Kissena Park beatdown comes less than a year after the terrifying rape of a teen girl in the same green space. A 25-year-old migrant attacked that victim, 13, typing up her and a male friend at knifepoint in a wooded area of the park. Christian Inga was indicted in September for kidnapping, robbery, sexual assault and rape in the incident, according to officials.
