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A 12-year-old schoolboy was bashed by two groups of students because of a Facebook page which told them it was "Kick a Ginger Day".

The red-haired student from Los Angeles was kicked and punched first by several seventh grade students and then some eighth grade students, the KTLA TV network reports.

"He was kicked and hit with fists in various areas of the body," Lt. Richard Erickson, from the Los Angeles County sheriff's department, said.

Detectives believe the attacks were fuelled by Facebook messages which told students November 20 was "Kick a Ginger Day".

A 2005 episode of the animated series South Park originally floated the tongue-in-cheek idea of a "Kick a Ginger Day" as a way of discriminating against "gingers", a term used to describe people with red hair.

The boy was treated by a school nurse after the attacks.

Police are now investigating whether assault charges can be laid.

 

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