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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nadine White

Raheem Bailey: Boy aged 11 ‘called N-word’ before attack that left him needing finger amputated

Media Wales

A Black boy who lost his finger “fleeing bullies” at school was called the N-word among other slurs in the weeks leading up to the attack, his mother has said.

Raheem Bailey, 11, was allegedly beaten by a group of children at school last Tuesday and broke his finger while climbing a fence to escape his tormentors, Shantal Bailey told The Independent. At hospital doctors decided that the finger had to be amputated.

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