Article #2 Five nine-year-old ‘gangsters’ attack a classmate!

Thursday October 4, 2012

JUST nine years old, five schoolboys acted like seasoned gangsters and attacked another young pupil and threatened to kill him, Harian Metro reported.

The bullies, said to be Year Three pupils of a primary school in Petaling Jaya, reportedly choked a classmate with a belt and repeatedly hit him with shoes and rulers.

They threatened to kill him and dump him in a jungle, the paper said, adding that the reason for bullying the boy was simply because they did not like the victim.

A police source told the paper that the 1.30pm incident occurred after the bullies cornered their victim in the classroom. The victim later related the incident to his parents, who lodged a report at the Sungai Buloh police station.


Summary :

Five nine-year-old schoolboys of a primary school in Petaling Jaya acted like seasoned gangsters and attack another student. They choked a classmate with a belt, hit him with shoes and rulers and threatened to kill him. They was then brought to the police station in Sungai Buloh.


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What    :  'Gangsters' attacked a classmate and threatened to     
                 kill him
Who     :  Five nine-year-old students
When   :  -
Where  :  -
Why     :  -
How     :   -