Autistic boy punched and kicked in sectarian attack in Londonderry
An autistic boy punched and kicked in a sectarian assault in Londonderry was unable to cry out for help as he was being beaten, his mother says.
She said Alexander had been playing cricket all morning with his friends and had been waiting for another boy outside his home in the Fountain when he was approached by the teenagers."They asked him what football team he supported. That's when he was punched the first time. "His eye was swollen, he started to cry, but he wasn't quite able to tell me what had happened," she said.
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