25 Students Questioned in Ginger Attack

Los Angeles (myFOXla.com) - Several school-aged bullies in the Calabasas area may have a nervous Thanksgiving today.

Some 25 juveniles have been questioned by investigators from the Malibu- Lost Hills Sheriff's Station in connection with assaults by classmates on seven students with red hair at a Calabasas middle school, authorities said.

Arrests are expected soon, said Lt. Rich Erickson of the sheriff's station, which is investigating "Kick a Ginger Day," an Internet spoof apparently inspired by an episode of the "South Park" cartoon series.

Eight male students have been identified as the possible culprits, Erickson said.

The attacks on four girls and three boys occurred Friday at A.E. Wright Middle School, said sheriff's Lt. Scott Chew of the Malibu-Lost Hills Station.

The first reported victim was a 12-year-old boy in the seventh grade, Chew said.

Detectives investigated whether the assaults were related to "Kick a Ginger Day," which began last year when some young people circulated messages on the Internet urging people to beat up redheads on Nov. 20.

Similar messages were spread on Facebook and other Internet sites this year, Erickson said.