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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 24 Jan 2013

    10-year-old boy sprayed with aerosol can and set alight by teenagers in park in York, UK

    2:15 AM - 24 Jan 2013
    • 709 Retweets
    • 41 Likes
    • Jane Bargeman Ivan Sourabh INDIAN Andrew Shand eleanor ockenden Laura Hitchcock Pradip Pal rosemarie wilde Harpreet Sandhu
    190 replies 709 retweets 41 likes
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      2. Rebecca Waters‏ @becksie1977 24 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        ''@BBCBreaking 10-year-old boy sprayed with aerosol can and set alight by teenagers in park in York, UK'' #brokenBritain :( :( :(

        3 replies 3 retweets 0 likes
      3. Leona‏ @leonaw66 24 Jan 2013
        Replying to @becksie1977

        @becksie1977 just have no words regarding that story, feel sick :(

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      4. Rebecca Waters‏ @becksie1977 24 Jan 2013
        Replying to @leonaw66

        @leonaw66 yeah I was going to not retweet it..maybe I shouldn't have..sorry hun, horrible news :(

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      5. Leona‏ @leonaw66 24 Jan 2013
        Replying to @becksie1977

        @becksie1977 nooo not you retweeting it just the horror of it. What possesses kids to do that? Terrible

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Rebecca Waters‏ @becksie1977 24 Jan 2013
        Replying to @leonaw66

        @leonaw66 I just can't get my head around the lack of understanding, thought and empathy involved. Makes me shudder :(

        0 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
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      2. Serena A. Chaudhry‏Verified account @SerenaChaudhry 24 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Just awful.What kind of world is this? @BBCBreaking 10-year-old boy sprayed with aerosol can and set alight by teenagers in park in York, UK

        2 replies 4 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Foxyrod‏ @Foxyrod 24 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Bring back the birch. No seriously.....bring it back.

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      2. jamie‏ @jmacleod_ 24 Jan 2013
        Replying to @iainmcdonald10

        @iainmcdonald10 horrible aint it

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Mark Kenney‏ @markk3nney 24 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking that's Britain 2013... you're welcome to it!!! @Samuel_0wen @Daily_partridge @thehotel_Mark

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Alan Partridge‏ @Daily_partridge 24 Jan 2013
        Replying to @markk3nney

        @markk3nney are you on an E???

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      4. Mark Kenney‏ @markk3nney 24 Jan 2013
        Replying to @Daily_partridge

        @Daily_partridge its a quote as mentioned on #MidMorningMatters

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      1. Carmel Pierre-Paul‏ @Nyma76 5 Feb 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking wtf ppl ate getting so mean

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      1. drewskidrew‏ @drewinchina 27 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking

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      1. Tom Helsby‏ @TomHelsby2 26 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking These animals need to feel the same sort of pain they have inflicted. same as the bastards who murdered James Bulger needed

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      1. dr i rajapakse‏ @indra942 26 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking The world is becoming a violent place to live in.I cannot imagine how any person can gain happiness by doing such things.

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      1. Linda bickmore‏ @Lilypadlinda 24 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking - Words fail me - I've just watched a tv program where this happened can't help but think copy. Poor child.

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