BR Quebec Children Injured – CP

Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire
Jul 8, 2017 

MANAWAN, Que. – A three-year-old boy and his five-year-old brother from a First Nations community in Quebec are recovering after allegedly being beaten by some other children.

Chief Constant Awashish of the Atikamekw Nation says the boys were allegedly attacked by some older children on a playground in Manawan earlier this week.

He says both boys were airlifted to hospital after a family member stopped the incident and called emergency services.

The older boy was released after being sent to a hospital in Joliette, while the younger boy, who sustained more serious injuries, remains in hospital in Montreal.

Awashish says the incident is traumatizing to many in Manawan, a tight-knit community about 250 kilometres north of Montreal.

Local police as well as youth and social services are investigating the incident.

(The Canadian Press)

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