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A 12-year-old has been arrested in connection with the death of a classmate who was hit in the head with a metal water bottle. <\/p>\n
Khimberly Zavaleta Chuquipa, also 12, was trying to protect her older sister from bullies at the time of the incident in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
She was taken to a nearby hospital where she was checked over and discharged.<\/p>\n
But three days later, Khimberly was rushed to another hospital and placed in an induced coma to undergo emergency brain surgery to try and stop a haemorrhage.<\/p>\n
Robert Glassman, a lawyer representing Khimberly’s family said: “This arrest is an important step toward accountability.<\/p>\n
“But an arrest alone does not equal justice and does not answer the larger question of how this was allowed to happen in the first place.”<\/p>\n
The family are considering whether to take legal action against the hospital that initially treated Khimberly.<\/p>\n
They also want to hold the Los Angeles Unified School District accountable for failing to intervene long before the fatal attack took place in February.<\/p>\n
It is claimed that both Khimberly and her sister Sharon had been bullied, harassed and physically attacked for months when at school.<\/p>\n
Mr Glassman added: “The focus cannot stop with one student – there must be a hard look at what the adults in charge knew, when they knew it, and why meaningful action wasn’t taken sooner.”<\/p>\n
The school district has declined to comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n