Seven teens indicted for attempted murder in brutal Kissena Park assault

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QUEENS, N.Y. — Seven 17-year-olds have been indicted in a violent gang-style assault on two younger teenagers in Kissena Park, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Wednesday.

The defendants are accused of luring a 13-year-old and his 16-year-old friend into a wooded area of the park on May 2, then beating them with a metal baseball bat, punching, kicking, and robbing them. One teen was strangled into unconsciousness, and another had part of his head shaved during the attack.

“As alleged, a group of students lured two younger teenagers into the woods of Kissena Park and relentlessly beat them,” said DA Katz. “This was an outrageous act of mob violence.”

Victims suffered severe physical and emotional trauma

According to the charges, the assault…