Nicola Anderson: Tears will have welled up in many parents’ eyes after viewing horrific video of senseless attack on Navan schoolboy
A still from the viral video showing the attack on the boy in Navan
Nicola Anderson
A violent assault on a defenceless child that begins with a sly swipe, leaving him bewildered, incredulous – and ends as he lies motionless on the ground, blows raining down upon him.
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