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Additional 6 People Face Charges Over Attack on Teenage Asylum Seeker in London

© REUTERS / Neil HallA general view of the Shrublands area of Croydon in London, Britain April 2, 2017. British police said on Monday they had charged five people over a "brutal" attack involving a gang of up to 30 assailants on a teenage asylum seeker in south London which left the victim with a fractured skull and blood clot on his brain. Picture taken April 2, 2017
A general view of the Shrublands area of Croydon in London, Britain April 2, 2017. British police said on Monday they had charged five people over a brutal attack involving a gang of up to 30 assailants on a teenage asylum seeker in south London which left the victim with a fractured skull and blood clot on his brain. Picture taken April 2, 2017 - Sputnik International
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A further six individuals have been charged in connection with an attack on a teenage asylum seeker in London, the London Metropolitan Police Service stated on Tuesday.

Police officers cordon off the territory near the U.K. Parliament in London where an assailant attacked a police officer and pedestrians - Sputnik International
Asylum Seeker Seriously Injured in Hate Crime Attack in London
MOSCOW (Sputnik) On Friday, a 17-year old Kurdish-Iranian asylum seeker was severely injured during a suspected hate crime attack in the London borough of Croydon. According to the London Metropolitan Police Service, 10 people have thus far been detained in connection with the attack. The teenager's condition is described as serious but stable, and not life-threatening.

Six people, including two individuals under the age of 18, were charged with violent disorder. Two of them were also charged with racially aggravated grievous bodily harm.

The accused, and a further two suspects, are to appear at Croydon Magistrates' Court later on Tuesday.

On Monday, five people who face charges over the attack appeared at the court. Four of them were subsequently released on bail, and are due to appear before the court on May 1, while one has been remanded in custody.

The United Kingdom experienced a surge of anti-migrant sentiment as the government made plans to leave the European Union following the Brexit referendum. In October, the UK Home Office figures showed a 41 percent year-on-year increase in hate crimes in July 2016.

Metropolitan Police figures, in early March, revealed that religious and racist hate crimes rose by almost 20 percent in 2016-2017.

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