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| Huddersfield video: Police investigate 'racially-aggravated attack' | Huddersfield video: Police investigate 'racially-aggravated attack' |
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| A "racially-aggravated assault" is being investigated by police after a video showing a boy being attacked was shared on social media. | A "racially-aggravated assault" is being investigated by police after a video showing a boy being attacked was shared on social media. |
| The boy, 15, is shown being dragged to the floor by another boy before water is poured into his face. | The boy, 15, is shown being dragged to the floor by another boy before water is poured into his face. |
| The video was filmed in a lunch break at a school in Huddersfield on 25 October, police said. | |
| The force is investigating "a report of a racially-aggravated assault" and a 16-year-old boy has been interviewed. | The force is investigating "a report of a racially-aggravated assault" and a 16-year-old boy has been interviewed. |
| In the footage one boy approaches a smaller boy, who he grabs by the throat, pulls to the ground and then pours water in his face. | In the footage one boy approaches a smaller boy, who he grabs by the throat, pulls to the ground and then pours water in his face. |
| 'Absolutely shocking' | 'Absolutely shocking' |
| The taller boy walks off and the other gets up and walks away on his own across a field. | The taller boy walks off and the other gets up and walks away on his own across a field. |
| Local MP Barry Sheerman tweeted the video was "absolutely shocking" and said he was supporting the boy's family. | Local MP Barry Sheerman tweeted the video was "absolutely shocking" and said he was supporting the boy's family. |
| Supt Steve Dodds, of West Yorkshire Police, said: "We are investigating a report of a racially-aggravated assault of a 15-year-old boy which occurred on playing fields... at about 1pm on October 25. | |
| "A 16-year-old boy has been interviewed by voluntary attendance in connection with the incident and we are continuing to progress the investigation." | "A 16-year-old boy has been interviewed by voluntary attendance in connection with the incident and we are continuing to progress the investigation." |
| Kirklees Council said: "Neither us nor the school condone violence in any form and behaviour like this will not be tolerated." | Kirklees Council said: "Neither us nor the school condone violence in any form and behaviour like this will not be tolerated." |
| An online fundraising page for the victim has so far raised more than £34,000. | An online fundraising page for the victim has so far raised more than £34,000. |