The Tribune

By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS 

Tribune Staff Reporter 

lmunnings@tribunemedia.net

A MOTHER turned her two sons in to police after a viral video showed them abusing another boy, according to National Security Minister Wayne Munroe.

The video, which sparked outrage on social media, showed two boys punching the victim in the head and demanding he empty his pockets; the child said he did not have any money.

Mr Munroe commended the mother of the perpetrators, saying her example is one others should follow.

“We all saw two young men harassing another young man who seems to be special needs,” he said. “Many persons forwarded that video to me. By the time I forwarded it to the commissioner of police, she was able to report that the mother of the two young men, having seen the video, brought her children to the police.

“The police were able to sit the mothers and the boys down and solve that issue. The point that I make is very simple — that was a mother who took responsibility and acted when she saw the fault of her two young sons.”

Royal Bahamas Police Force Press Liaison Chief Superintendent Sharia King confirmed that no action was taken against the boys beyond issuing a warning.