Eight teenage ladies who met by way of social media had been charged with the homicide of a homeless man in Toronto on Sunday, police stated.
The gang of three 13-year-olds, three 14-year-olds and two 16-year-olds swarmed their 59-year-old sufferer at a plaza close to the principle rail station simply after midnight Dec. 18, the Toronto Police Service introduced.
Bystanders who noticed the ladies stabbing the person at York Road and College Avenue flagged down EMS, who transported the sufferer to a close-by hospital. The sufferer, who had been dwelling within the metropolis’s shelter system for a number of weeks, died from his accidents, Detective Sgt. Terry Browne stated at a Tuesday press convention.
The youngsters had been discovered close by carrying a “variety of weapons,” Browne revealed.
The group of ladies — whose identities are protected underneath Canada’s Youth Felony Justice Act — could have gone out with the intention of inflicting bother. Police stated the youngsters had been concerned in one other altercation about two hours earlier than they allegedly killed the homeless man.
“What they're alleged to have occurred that night could be in keeping with what we historically name a swarming or swarming sort conduct,” Browne stated.
Three of the youngsters have a historical past with police, Browne stated.
The women stay in various elements of Toronto and met by way of social media, although police don't but understand how lengthy they’ve identified one another. Officers are nonetheless investigating why they met within the space and what their plans for the night could have been.
All eight ladies have been charged with second-degree homicide. They had been remanded into custody and are scheduled to look once more on the finish of the month.
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