Ukrainian teen injured in assaultThe family of a teenage boy injured in an assault in Westmeath have said they believe he was targeted because he is Ukrainian. The incident which left the 14-year old Ukrainian requiring surgery happened on Friday evening, close to Loreto school on Harbour Street. Mullingar Gardaí have confirmed this week that they are investigating an assault on a Ukrainian youth. One Ukrainian woman said her son and some other Ukrainian teenagers were confronted by a gang of around eight Irish teenagers in Mullingar Town Park. “There were eight of them and they just started beating two Ukrainian teenagers,” she said.

Source: Irish Independent August 26, 2022 05:29 UTC