Yemeni child beaten by 50 Turkish citizens

ANKARA, Aug 01 (YPA) – A 15-year-old Yemeni boy was attacked and severely beaten by more than 50 Turkish citizens in Turkey.

Turkish media outlets said that about 50 people severely beat the boy before he was taken to hospital.

Activists explained that the Turkish citizens flocked from all neighborhoods and brutally assaulted the victim and his brother in a public square, because of a quarrel between the Yemeni child and a Turkish child.

They the accident happened while the police were watching the victim and his brother without intervening to end the assault on the Yemenis.

The activists pointed out that Arab refugees, especially Yemenis, are subjected to the most heinous racist crimes by Turkish citizens.

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