Two Teen Asylum Seekers Stabbed in Latest Inter-Ethnic Brawl

http://bit.ly/2Hbntf6 | A 17-year-old asylum seeker has been arrested in the French city of Dijon after stabbing two teen African asylum seekers in a large inter-ethnic brawl between Pakistani and African migrants.

The African teen victims, aged around 15, were taken to the hospital after one was stabbed in the arm and the other stabbed in the chest by the 17-year-old Pakistani origin male. Neither victim is said to have life-threatening injuries.

The mass brawl occurred last Wednesday but details of the victims remained unknown until Sunday. Investigators are still attempting to piece together the initial reasons for the brawl between the two groups of young asylum seekers who are all said to be living in foster homes in the city. Police say they are still looking for the leaders of the two groups.

The bout of inter-ethnic violence is just the latest in France since the height of the migrant crisis in 2015. Earlier this year, migrants from Afghanistan clashed with groups of migrants from Eritrea, leading to 22 individuals being injured and five receiving gunshot wounds. In total, the mass brawls involved some 30 Afghans and up to 100 Eritreans who were armed with iron bars.