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Elizabeth Urban

Teen Boys Stabbed to Death by Machete-Armed Mob After Being Falsely Blamed for Vandalism: Prosecutors

Mason Rist (left) and Max Dixon were stabbed to death earlier this year in Bristol after a group of four teens and one adult allegedly believed they were responsible for an earlier act of vandalism. (Credit: ITV News)

Two teen boys were stabbed to death in England by a mob armed with machetes after they were blamed for vandalism that they did not commit, prosecutors said in court this week.

On Jan. 27, Max Dixon, 16, and Mason Rist, 15, were killed in Bristol after a group of four teens and one adult believed they were responsible for an earlier attack where bricks were thrown at a home, as reported by The Independent. The act of vandalism had injured one woman.

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