A mum says her 14-year-old son’s hair was ripped out in an alleged racist attack by a girl.
A girl of around 14 jumped out from behind bushes while Backwell School pupil Arthur Fellars was walking on Rayens Cross Road in Long Ashton, his mum Mabel Khan claims.
Mabel says the attacker shoved “terrified” Arthur into the bushes four times while she and two boys called him a “n*****” during the alleged assault shortly before 8.30pm on June 21.
The mum, 38, said: “Arthur is saying he is too scared to go out of the house. I am shocked and disgusted.”
'Grabbed him by the hair'
Arthur, who is mixed race with African heritage, enjoyed a kickabout on Friday evening with two friends – boys aged 14 and 15 – in the park near Rayens Cross Road.
While he walked home with the two boys, a girl described as six feet tall and heavily built allegedly jumped out of a bush and attacked Arthur.
Another girl allegedly filmed the incident, while two other boys in their late teens hurled abuse at Arthur, Mabel says.
“They were telling him to go back to his own country and saying he was a n*****,” she said.
“The girl grabbed him by the hair. She bent him over, shoved him into a bush, lifted him out and shoved him back in. She did this four times.
“The girl ran off when she saw Arthur’s friends were filming her. Arthur was left with a sizeable bald patch and a bad back.”
Mabel added that Arthur had pain in his head after it was allegedly pushed into the bush.
Footage of the incident, filmed by Arthur's friend, can be viewed at the top of this page.
'You have done nothing wrong'
She said: “I asked him what the worst part was, and he said it was the racial abuse.
“I told him, ‘You have done nothing wrong. You are a victim.’
“This is the first time he has been physically targeted because of his race. He has been called a chocolate brownie by kids in Long Ashton before, but nothing like this.”
Police confirmed they are investigating the alleged assault.
An Avon and Somerset Constabulary spokeswoman said: “The boy said he was pushed into bushes and had his hair pulled.
“Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to get in touch through www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/contact, or by calling 101, quoting reference 5219139694.”
