08-18-2013, 12:09 AM
LONDON: A teenaged British girl has been arrested for assualting an 80 year old Sikh man after a video of the incident went viral online.
The elderly victim was punched in the face and shoved to the ground. His turban fell off and the attack left him with a bloodied nose and a black eye, British media reports said.
The 19-year-old girl abused the man and spat on him before walking off. The attack, apparently unprovoked occurred near a bus station in Coventry's Trinity Street at 8.30pm on August 10. Police acted after a video of the incident recorded by a passer-by on a mobile phone went viral online and was shared on Facebook.
The girl was arrested yesterday with police saying she would be questioned about the attack. Police are treating the attack as "serious malicious wounding", which is punishable with up to 5 years in prison. The video of the attack triggered a wave of revulsion after it was circulated on social media.
The elderly victim was punched in the face and shoved to the ground. His turban fell off and the attack left him with a bloodied nose and a black eye, British media reports said.
The 19-year-old girl abused the man and spat on him before walking off. The attack, apparently unprovoked occurred near a bus station in Coventry's Trinity Street at 8.30pm on August 10. Police acted after a video of the incident recorded by a passer-by on a mobile phone went viral online and was shared on Facebook.
The girl was arrested yesterday with police saying she would be questioned about the attack. Police are treating the attack as "serious malicious wounding", which is punishable with up to 5 years in prison. The video of the attack triggered a wave of revulsion after it was circulated on social media.
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