Tumakuru: Quarrel culminates in acid attack - two injured, accused minors flee

KARNATAKA

Tumakuru, Feb 14: There are times when in a fit of anger, children resort to violence and attack others. However, such violence is normally associated with games like cricket and Kabaddi.

In a strange incident reported from Tiptur in the district, fight over slide between children ended in acid attack on two children aged four and eleven. Both the injured brothers have been hospitalized...
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Prasanna, managing trustee of International Foundation for Crime Prevention and Victim Care, says that such violent behaviour in children is also telling of the violence they see in their lives.
“I strongly believe that they are experiencing violence back home, which impacts them deeply. If they consume media which shows violence, or play violent video games, that also has a similar effect on their behaviour,” she says.

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