Three 16-year-old girls stomped, beat and even tased a 15-year-old girl inside a Queens subway station last week, prosecutors and sources said.
The William Cullen Bryant High School sophomore was heading to the nearby 46th Street M and R train station around 3 p.m. June 2 when the violent crew allegedly followed her, ready to commit what Queens DA Melinda Katz described as “an outrageous display of bullying and brutality.”
The young brutes — part of a mob of teens — cornered the girl on the staircase and repeatedly punched, kicked and stomped on her head, face and body, tased her and tried to steal her backpack, the DA’s office said.
The teen victim was hospitalized after the attack, but is now recovering, officials said.
Two of the teens, both juniors at the same school who live in Elmhurst, were arrested and arraigned Tuesday on charges including attempted gang assault, attempted robbery in connection to the attack, prosecutors said.
Both were placed into an intensive community monitoring program, overseen by probation, the DA’s office said.
Judge Bruna DiBiase ordered them to return to court June 18, and they could spend 15 years behind bars if convicted.
“A high school student was mercilessly tased, kicked, punched and stomped on by a mob of fellow students at a train station after dismissal from William Cullen Bryant High School,” Katz said in a statement. “This will not be acceptable behavior here in Queens and I will hold students accountable for this behavior to the extent the law allows. We are grateful that the victim is recovering. The investigation is continuing into the conduct of other individuals.”
The third 16-year-old suspect was arrested Thursday, with an arraignment expected later in the day, sources said.
The disturbing attack comes as NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch revealed that youth violence has skyrocketed in the Big Apple since 2018—and placed the blame on the state’s contentious “Raise the Age” law.
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