Source: Associated Press
By TERRY SPENCER
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s office said Friday that it is investigating the videotaped beating of a Muslim teenager by three other girls that was posted on Facebook.
Palm Beach County sheriff’s spokeswoman Teri Barbera said deputies are working with school officials to investigate the beating of the 14-year-old and added charges could be filed. She said Thursday’s fight may have been over a boy and not religion, but didn’t elaborate. It happened at a park near West Boca High School, which the Muslim girl attends.
Her father posted the video taken by another student, writing it happened because his daughter is a Muslim. The Associated Press is not identifying the teen or her father to protect her identity. The man did not immediately respond to a message sent on Facebook.
Omar Saleh, an attorney for the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Florida, said Friday he had a brief conversation with the girl’s mother, who said her daughter was receiving medical treatment. He didn’t know the severity of her injuries. The group is calling for the three other girls to be charged.
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