Published May 21, 2015
A teenager is hospitalized with burns covering 70 percent of his body after two other teens attacked him with a pot of boiling rice while he was sleeping.
WSB-TV (http://bit.ly/1JAp6dz) reports the 17-year-old victim is in a medically-induced coma in critical condition at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta after Monday's attack.
Officers have arrested 19-year-old Quintavious Barber and 18-year-old Malik Morton for aggravated assault and cruelty to a child, among other charges.
Relatives of the scalded victim say the two men accused him of stealing a PlayStation 3. Neighbors say the three teens were friends.
It's unclear if Barber or Morton has a lawyer.
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Information from: WSB-TV, http://www.wsbtv.com/index.html
https://www.foxnews.com/us/teen-scalded-with-boiling-rice-after-being-accused-of-stealing-70-percent-of-his-body-burned