SUSPECTS ARE CHARGED IN LONDON MOB BEATING OF TEEN ASYLUM-SEEKER

London — Authorities in London charged seven people Monday over an unprovoked attack on a 17-year-old Iranian-Kurdish asylum-seeker as police sought to piece together an act of mob violence that involved as many as 30 people. London’s Metropolitan Police force said all seven suspects were charged with violent disorder, with one also charged with racially aggravated grievous bodily harm in the Friday attack in the south London borough of Croydon. In all, 16 people have been arrested over the attack, which police say began when a group of youths approached the teen at a bus stop and questioned him. Upon learning he was an asylum-seeker, they chased him through the streets and beat him, police said.