A six-year-old boy in Washington was brutally beaten after he confronted bullies attacking his friend.
Carter English, of Olympia, was attacked by the group of seven children who threw rocks and sticks at him and even rubbed sawdust into his eyes on Wednesday.
Carter, who is on the Autism spectrum, was left with a broken arm, cuts and bruises on his face, a lacerated eye, and a concussion.
The boy was jumped by children that lived in his apartment complex and now he’s scared that he could be attacked once again.
Washington boy Carter English, six, was beat up by seven bullies in his apartment complex on Wednesday after he stood up to them for picking on his friend
The bullies threw rocks and sticks at him, left his face bloodied and bruised, and rubbed sawdust into his eyes. Carter suffered a broken arm and lacerated eye in the attack
‘They were just bullying him and beating him up. I just told them to stop and then they did it to me,’ Carter said to ABC7.
His mother Dana English was horrified to find her son in bloody and bruised.
Carter was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where he underwent emergency surgery to repair his eye and his arm was placed in a sling, which may still require an operation, according to KOMO.
Police are investigating the incident and say they found the five-year-old boy who instigated the attack and are planning to involve social services.
Dana was choked with emotion when she recalled the horrific bullying her son suffered.
Police are investigating the incident and tracked down the five-year-old boy who instigated attack. Carter, who has Autism, was jumped after defending a friend who was being picked on
Speaking on the traumatic attack Carter said: ‘They were just bullying him and beating him up. I just told them to stop and then they did it to me’
‘It’s been hell. I haven’t slept, I haven’t ate, I mean I can’t do anything. I can’t even leave his side,’ she said wiping away tears.
‘I really don’t know what I’m hoping for other than for people to know that this is not acceptable. Bullying is not okay. There’s no reason to bully someone ever,’ she added.
A GoFundMe page has been set up for English’s hospital needs and has already raised $13,567.
‘Carter has multiple hematomas on his forehead, a concussion, lacerations to his eyelid and eyeball (they had to pull beauty bark out of his eye), fractured elbow in 3 places and a broken arm and he has the possibility of loosing his left eye,’ the page says.
‘He is a very smart boy and loves video games, playing with his friends and being with his family. What happened to him wasn’t okay and the police are not stopping until they catch the kids that did this to him,’ the page adds.