Autistic teen lured to fake Snapchat meetup, brutally beaten by group of teens: report

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for October 12 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on FoxNews. com. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Three teenage boys were charged after a 15-year-old boy with autism was beaten and robbed near a train station in Australia in a violent attack captured on video as other teenagers watched. The assault happened Oct. 5 in Stawell, a town in the Australian state of Victoria, after the victim was reportedly lured to the area through a Snapchat meetup arranged with two girls, according to Australian news outlet news. com. au. Video of the attack shows several teenagers punching and kicking the boy, knocking him to the ground and repeatedly striking him as he attempts to get away. One attacker demands the victim hand over his shoes before the group allows him to leave. TEXAS TEENS ACCUSED OF USING DATING APPS TO LURE YOUNG MEN INTO VIOLENT ROBBERIES THAT LEFT ONE VICTIM SHOT The Stawell railway station in Victoria, Australia, near where a 15-year-old boy was allegedly attacked and robbed by a group of teenagers Oct. 5, 2026. (Google Maps) Victoria Police announced Tuesday that detectives had charged one 14-year-old boy and two 15-year-old boys after an investigation. Detectives from the Northern Grampians Crime Investigation Unit executed four search warrants in the region before arresting the teenagers, police said. All three face charges of affray, robbery, recklessly causing injury and theft. They are expected to appear in a children's court at a later date. TEEN BURGLARY RING LINKED TO NEARLY 80 BAY AREA BREAK-INS DISMANTLED AFTER MONTHS-LONG INVESTIGATION: PD Police executed four search warrants in the region before arresting the teenagers. (iStock) Police said a fourth boy who was not present when the search warrants were served would be interviewed as part of the ongoing investigation. The victim, who also has epilepsy, suffered soft tissue injuries and possible head injuries, according to news. com. au. His mother told the outlet doctors were conducting additional scans to determine whether he had bleeding in his brain. "I’m just lucky to have him alive. … He’s having nightmares," she said. TEEN PUNCHED AND KICKED INTO A COMA AFTER KNICKS-SPURS ALTERCATION NEAR MADISON SQUARE GARDEN: POLICE Victoria Police officers patrol Bourke Street Mall in Melbourne, Australia, Aug. 29, 2026. Three teenagers were charged in an Oct. 5 assault in Stawell, Victoria. (Alexander Bogatyrev/SOPA Images/LightRocket via ) The boy has since returned home but is afraid to go outside, his mother told the outlet.