The mother of a young Calmar boy who was allegedly attacked by two older youths more than two weeks ago is still coping with the traumatic incident that sent shock waves through the community.
"All I could think of [was] all of the suffering he went through, and humiliation."
RCMP said the two accused boys lured the victim to an apartment, forced him to drink alcohol, then cut, punched and burned him repeatedly, before sexually assaulting him.
The boy escaped, and ran to a nearby gas station for help, where someone called 911.
Emergency crews and RCMP arrived at about 1 a.m. on October 30, and the victim was quickly taken to the Stollery Children's Hospital for treatment.
On Thursday, RCMP laid several charges against the two youths.
Schools in the community sent a letter home Thursday, acknowledging the incident, and said students in need are getting the help they need.
"[We are] going class to class after an incident like this and having conversations with students," Dennis Dunlop, Principal of Calmar Secondary School said. "Reasurring them this is an isolated incident in the community, [and letting] them know of the services that are available to them."
The mother, who CTV News is not identifying to protect the identity of the young boy, said her son had been a target of bullying before, but it had never escalated that far.
She told CTV News her son is getting counseling to help him recover.
"When we have a victim of bullying that victim cannot be victimized again by having to move to another school, [or] another city," Education Minister Thomas Lucaszuk said Thursday. "That victim didn't do anything wrong, that victim is just that, a victim."
The mother of the victim also has older children who go to class with the two students accused in the attack; she said her children are having a difficult time going to school after the incident.
The two accused are expected to make their first appearance in court in December.
With files from Scott Roberts
