Vic: Boy beaten with pole and kicked, two charged

AAP General News (Australia)
02-19-2007
Vic: Boy beaten with pole and kicked, two charged

A 15-year-old boy has suffered head injuries after being beaten with a pole and kicked
as he lay on the ground in Victoria.

Police say the incident occurred in McFarland Road .. in Wodonga .. near Victoria's
border with NSW .. about 11.50 (AEDT) last night.

A spokesman says the youth .. who was with another boy .. was hit with an aluminium
pole and fell to the ground .. before being attacked by a second person and kicked in
the head and stomach.

Senior Constable WAYNE WILSON says the first attacker also continued to hit the boy
with the pole as he lay on the ground.

He was taken to the Wodonga Hospital for treatment for head injuries.

Constable WILSON says two 17-year-old males have been arrested and will appear in the
Wodonga Children's Court at a later date charged with assault.

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KEYWORD: POLE (MELBOURNE)

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