Authorities are investigating an attack on an autistic Jewish teen in a Nevada school after his family discovered a swastika carved onto his back.
The 17-year-old boy is nonverbal, has a support dog and needs assistance when he goes to class at Clark High School in Las Vegas, his mother told Jewish newsThe boy’s mother, who asked COLlive not to identify her, has since pulled him from the school because she thinks it is an “unsafe environment.”
The mother noticed the swastika cut into her son’s skin on March 9. She also said she noticed the equipment bag attached to the son’s service dog had been tampered with.
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