Eight teenagers between the ages of 13 and 16 stabbed to death a homeless man on the streets of Toronto to snatch a bottle of alcohol from him, according to a friend of the victim, about events that happened last Sunday, December 18.
The witness explained to the Canadian public broadcaster, CBC, that on Sunday she was outside a homeless shelter in downtown Toronto when a group of eight teenagers approached and tried to snatch a bottle of alcohol from the victim. . According to this woman, when the 59-year-old man resisted, he was stabbed by minors.
Toronto Police have arrested eight teenagers (three 13-year-olds, three 14-year-olds and two 16-year-olds) as perpetrators of the murder. The eight will remain in custody until at least December 29, when they are scheduled to appear in court in Toronto. They are charged with manslaughter.
The teenagers live in different areas of Toronto and had connected with each other through social media
This murder of a homeless man is the 68th violent death so far this year in the capital of the province of Ontario. That the alleged perpetrators are a group of teenagers has caused a special commotion in this Canadian city.
In a statement, Mayor John Tory said he was "deeply disturbed" by this crime. "If the young women charged in this case are not experiencing mental health problems, what has happened makes it imperative that we determine, to the best of our ability, why something like this could happen to such young people," he said.
