Three boys aged simply 13 and 14 have been arrested in reference to a brutal city centre assault.
We informed you yesterday how surprising footage of an obvious group assault on a younger man had circulated social media.
Police Scotland informed us that the incident in East Kilbride resulted in a 16-year-old being taken to Hairmyres Hospital for therapy.
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A police supply confirmed with us this morning that arrests had now been made in relation to the incident.
He informed Lanarkshire Reside: “Three male youths, one aged 13 and two aged 14, have been arrested and charged in reference to the incident.
“They're as a result of seem at Hamilton Sheriff Courtroom on Tuesday, September 6.”
Video photographs on-line seem to indicate 4 youths attacking one other boy - who's on his personal - in an underpass in East Kilbride.
At one level a fifth boy, wearing purple, will get concerned, kicking the sufferer within the head.
Worryingly, two of the boys have weapons, with one showing to throw a rock on the sufferer’s head firstly of the surprising footage.
Lower than a minute later, it's thrown at him once more earlier than being picked up by one other who stands over the sufferer, showing to kick and stomp on him earlier than throwing the rock down in the direction of his head, narrowly lacking it.
One boy is seen with what seems to be a metallic pole and repeatedly hits the sufferer as he lies defenceless on the bottom, earlier than throwing the weapon into the close by bushes.
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