6-year-old hospitalized after he says he was attacked for defending friend against bullies
08/27/2018 4:45 pm PDT
via WGHP:
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- (WGHP) -- A 6-year-old boy said he was assaulted after he stood up to a group of other kids bullying his friend.
KOMO reports that Dana English's son Carter underwent surgery at the Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Friday to fix a laceration in his eye. The boy said he was attacked at an apartment complex in Olympia on Wednesday by a group of children that he confronted for bullying his friend.
“They were just bullying him, like beating him up,” Carter said. “I just told them to stop, and then they did it to me.”
Carter sustained a broken arm, several cuts and bruises and a lacerated eye, KOMO reportsaccording to KOMO. The bullies allegedly beat him with rocks and sticks and rubbed sawdust in his eyes. Police are investigating.
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