BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) - A Barbadian man and his son have been charged for allegedly beating a black teenager as the victim walked through an upscale Bridgetown suburb.

Mark Goodridge, a 53-year-old attorney of mixed-race ancestry, was charged Tuesday with assault and inciting racial hatred. His 23-year-old son, Simon Goodridge, has been charged with assault.

During the alleged attack, which witnesses said left the 15-year-old boy crumpled on the street, police said Goodridge shouted a racial epithet. The victim was treated for minor injuries at a local hospital.

The motive for the October 6 attack was unclear.
Racially charged violence is rare in the Caribbean island of Barbados, where about 90 per cent of the 280,000 people are black.

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