A 17-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with assault and robbery, Toronto police announced Wednesday, after four teenage boys, all students at Yeshivas Lubavitch, were assaulted by between 10 and 12 youths on Nov. 11, as they were walking home in the Bathurst and Lawrence area.
The name of the person who was arrested cannot be released, because he is under 18 years of age.
The incident was being investigated as a hate crime, because of the verbal slurs that were used during the assault, and as a robbery, said Det. Angela Kahnt of the Toronto Police Service.
The charges were laid in consultation with Crown prosecutors and the attorney general’s office, said police spokesman Const. David Hopkinson. Police would not comment on whether more arrests would be forthcoming.
