Two More Teens Arrested, Three Released In Relation To Navan Assault

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A 14-year-old suffered serious facial injuries in the attack.

Three teenagers have been arrested in relation to an assault on a teenage boy in Navan in Meath on Monday.

The 14-year-old suffered serious facial injuries in the attack and was treated at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.

Gardaí, who say they're treating it as a hate crime, arrested three teenage boys in the Navan area this morning and they're being held at Garda Stations across the Meath region.

Education Minister Norma Foley has described the incident as "shocking":

Meanwhile, a midlands behavioural psychologist says it was a horrific video. 

Padraig Walsh has been speaking with Will Faulkner on Midlands Today and says bullying needs to be stamped out: 

*UPDATE*

Two further juveniles have been arrested in relation to the investigation.

The three male juvenile teenagers who were arrested this morning have been released without charge and a file will be referred in the first instance for consideration for admission to the Juvenile Diversion Programme.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has welcomed the development in the investigation:

 

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