12-Year-Olds Charged After Woman Beaten Unconscious at Public Transit Station

Two 12-year-old girls have been charged after what police describe as a “violent assault” left a woman unconscious at an Edmonton train station. Edmonton Police say the incident happened on Nov. 26 at 8:30 p.m. at the Coliseum LRT station. “It was reported to police that a 55-year-old woman was sitting on a bench waiting for the LRT when she was approached by two female youth who began berating her, subsequently assaulted her to the point of unconsciousness,” a police media release said. The girls ran from the area, but were located by police a short distance away, the release says. They have both been charged with aggravated assault....