17-year-old beaten on Słodowa Island in Wrocław – brain concussion, police search for perpetrators
A group of around a dozen attackers assaulted a 17-year-old on Słodowa Island in Wrocław. The boy was taken to hospital with a brain concussion and serious head injuries.
Attack on teenager in Wrocław – perpetrators still at large
On Tuesday, 1 September, in the afternoon, a group of around a dozen young hooligans attacked a group of pupils returning from a social gathering on Słodowa Island in Wrocław – gazetawroclawska.pl reports.
The attackers, aged 16–18, focused on one boy. They beat and kicked him on the head. The 17-year-old lost consciousness and was taken to one of Wrocław's hospitals with a brain concussion and serious head injuries.
Sub-commissioner Aleksandra Freus, press spokesperson for the Municipal Police Headquarters in Wrocław, confirmed that the victim remains in hospital.
– The perpetrators were reportedly a group of between a few and around a dozen young people. Criminal investigators are working to establish their identities. At present it is difficult to definitively determine the motive for the incident. Police officers have not yet managed to question the victim. The teenager is still in hospital – Freus said.
The case is being handled by officers from Wrocław-Ołbin Police Station at ul. Rydygiera 46. Police appeal to witnesses and anyone with any information or recordings to get in touch – including anonymously – on numbers 47 87 143 06 or 47 87 121 21.
Second similar incident within two days
This is not the only such assault in the Wrocław area around the start of the school year. A day earlier, on Wednesday 2 September, gazetawroclawska.pl reported an attack by a gang of pseudo-hooligans aged 16–18 on 15-year-olds returning from the end of school year celebrations. The attackers chose their victim because of his shoes and watch.
– They targeted just one boy. The others managed to run away and hide. These thugs beat him on the head and back. They said that if he told anyone what happened, they would kill him – a reader of "Gazeta Wrocławska" recalled.
In that case, police have already detained five people. Three others are still being sought. According to current information, there are no grounds to believe that the two groups of attackers are connected.
Source: Onet