WORLD BRIEFING / BRITAIN
Two brothers ages 10 and 11 were accused of the attempted murder of two other boys -- becoming some of the youngest people ever charged with such a serious crime in Britain.
The victims, 11 and 9, say they were robbed and beaten Saturday in an area of fields and woodland in Edlington, in northern England.
Neighbors said the younger victim was found wandering along a road, covered with blood. The older boy was found semiconscious in a ravine nearby.
The people who found the boys said they appeared to have been beaten, slashed and burned with cigarettes.
A Crown Prosecution Service spokesman said each suspect faced two charges of attempted murder and two of robbery. They are also accused of stealing a cellphone and $7. Authorities confirmed that the two had been in foster care in the village, about 150 miles north of London.
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