Assault, Toowoomba

Police have charged a 15-year-old boy after the alleged assault of a staff member at a high school in Harristown yesterday.

It will be alleged at 3.30pm the 51-year-old staff member was walking another student to the office when the 15-year-old boy approached him from behind, before striking him in the face.

The man was taken to hospital to receive treatment for facial injuries.

The boy was charged with count of assault occasioning bodily harm and will be dealt with under the Youth Justice Act.

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