Another Case Against Children

15-Year Old Sparked Brazil Anti-Gay Bash?

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There are new details in the anti-gay bashing of Brazilian teenager Ferruccio Silvestro.

The 19-year old wound up unconscious after three men attacked him outside a club lat week. Now police have heard that a 15-year old may have trigged the unfortunate chain of events:

A 15-year-old boy admitted this past Monday on being partially responsible for the brutal attack… According to O Globo Online, the minor was actually identified by three witnesses, and told the police that the bashing started because he thought that Ferrucio was hitting on him.

No arrests have been made, although O Globo reports that two additional suspects were interviewed, one of whom owns a motorcycle linked to the crime. The plot thickens…

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