Teens drag 2 ladies into woods, beat them with bat, shave head, steal footwear in New York

Two ladies had been savagely overwhelmed by a bunch of youngsters in Queens’ Kissena Park in New York earlier this month. The ladies, aged 13 and 16, had been ambushed, dragged into the woods, and assaulted with a baseball bat in what one relative described as an “execution-like” assault, as per a report by the New York Post.

The brutal incident unfolded on May 2, round 6 pm, whereas the women had been enjoying basketball within the park. A gaggle of older teenagers — 4 17-year-olds and one 16-year-old — reportedly approached the women and commenced an argument that shortly escalated right into a surprising and relentless assault.

According to police and disturbing movies shared on-line, the group pressured the women right into a wooded space the place they started beating them with a bat. One of the attackers even used a conveyable hair clipper to shave a part of the 16-year-old’s head, whereas others regarded on or recorded the assault, the Post reported.

Footage exhibits a teen in a black and pink hoodie repeatedly putting the 13-year-old as she curled up on the bottom, making an attempt to protect herself. He then ripped off her costly audio system, a pair of limited-edition Air Jordan 4 White Oreos value over USD 500, and struck her once more. At one level, he appeared to take away an article of her clothes as she sat dazed and limp.

The attackers fled the scene with the stolen footwear and the older woman’s cellphone, leaving each ladies badly bruised, swollen, and traumatised.

One of the women reportedly misplaced consciousness through the almost two-hour ordeal. A Chinese-language newspaper, World Journal, reported that the older sufferer was taken to a hospital with massive bruises overlaying her again and a bald patch above her brow. Her household mentioned she was so shaken she may barely communicate afterward.

Police confirmed the victims knew their attackers, although the motive stays unclear. While each victims and their alleged attackers are of Asian descent, the incident has not been labelled a hate crime.

Authorities are treating the case as a theft because of the stolen gadgets, however the victims’ households are demanding a deeper probe, calling the assault premeditated and barbaric.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) has arrested all 5 suspects. Three 17-year-old boys, a 17-year-old woman, and a 16-year-old boy now face severe prices, together with felony theft, gang assault, assault with a weapon, harassment, strangulation, and grand larceny.