CNN— 8 teenage girls were charged with murder Tuesday in the stabbing death of a 59-year-old Toronto man in what police are calling a “swarming” attack.
The man was found stabbed Sunday shortly after 12 a.m., following a report of an assault. The man was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died. Authorities did not release the man’s name pending family notification.
The 8 girls were found shortly after the attack & taken into custody & charged with second-degree murder, Detective Sgt. Terry Browne of the Toronto Police Service Homicide Unit said.
3 of the girls are 13, 3 of them are 14, & 2 of them are 16, according to a news release from the Toronto Police Service.
The group of teenagers “met each other through social media. They come from varying parts of the city.”
“We don’t know how or why they met on that evening & why that destination was downtown Toronto,” Browne said, adding police believe the group may have been involved in an “altercation” earlier in the evening before the stabbing.
Browne said he would not call the group of girls a “gang” but noted they participated in a behavior known as “swarming,” in which multiple attackers target a victim simultaneously. A number of weapons were also found with the girls.
3 of the girls have had “prior contact” with police, Browne said.
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