Ds 11 pushed and arm broken. pls pls advise your thoughts

[piffle]

Help!
My DS 11 big strong beautiful boy was out playing with his mates at the park on Saturday as he does most weekends. He was playing with his own friends when a football from a group of other boys came flying over, ds went to collect it to kick it back over (in his usual very leisurely way not being a footballer) and two boys came over, one pushed him straight backwards while another did a "judo" style chop kick as he was falling, ds put out his left hand to break his fall but fell awkwardly breaking the humerus (shoulder to elbow bone)
He is in masses of pain and upset beyond comprehension
We were advised by hospital staff to let police know as it technically constitutes assault, the two kids were about 13 and 9 and ran off.
We can find out who they are quite easily as ds knows other kids who were with them from his old school.
Also last week on his way home from school ds had his tie stolen and dumped in rubbish bin, hot chip thrown at him and was punched in the privates and stomach by some kids from the high school (hes in yr 7 grammar)
I'm at a loss to sort this, in school he is insanelt popular, but he is not a physical kid and thus cannot and will not defend himself or be aggresive not even to save himself.
Cops just said they will come and interview with video link and seek to find and caution/charge the children if this is what we want.
I don't know I'm in two minds, whether it would make things worse for him.
Both incidents were unrelated, separate groups of kids.
Worst of all my kind sweet bright lad is being slowly ground down by this stuff.
What action shuld I take, barring the intial mothering one that wants to hunt the little turds down and throttle them?

piffle, how awful for you and your chilren. I would definately report it to the police and take action if posible.

As for the other incidences at school, it's hard to know how far to react. You could try reporting it to the head and just generaly keep an eye on things.

Definately report the assault though, your son needs to know that tha t has happened imo

good luck, let us know how you get on

Oh Piffle, I am so sorry to hear this.
I really don't know what to suggest, but wanted to bump this for you, as I'm sure there are other people with something helpful to offer.

I would definately tell the police and try and track these children down, they need to be reprimanded, especially the one who did teh judo kick, if he goes to classes he can be banned from training etc for a while.

You should follow this through with the police - its ABH.

Police have just been and have asked me to try and get the names of the boys (apprarently it is very bureaucratic for police to try to get warrants and witnesses and parents data protection etc)
So I'll do that, I stated that I just wanted those kids to know that what they did had caused a serious injury - I'm fairly sure they did not mean to really hurt him, but by the same token, they have to know that sometimes those kind of physical actions have bad consequences, whether you intend it or not.
The police have said they would involve the parents and it would probablt involve an informal caution - however if either of the kids are known to be in trouble regularly etc it could lead to a more serious caution.
I am just worried that it could make things worse for him
As it stands I'm going to enquire about assertiveness training guidance and perhaps martial arts for DS to give him some confidence to deal with these situations. I'm diappointed that sensitive kids have to learn to toughen up but it might prevent future problems if we deal with it now.
Thanks for thoughts, hes off to orthopaedic surgeon tomorrow to ascertain the healing structure of the fracture and he may be put into a cast, he is currently in a special sling, they think kids heal magically so I'm hoping so too.
I'm waffling but this has shaken me a whole lot.

piffle - if your ds didn't know who those kids were that assaulted him, chances are that they do not know who he is either. And it sounds like the incident happened pretty quickly, so unless your ds is highly distinctive, I would guess that they wouldn't recognise him again either. Therefore I would reassure your ds that it's fairly unlikely he would receive any "comeback" if he goes ahead and reports them. I am assuming that the police would not need to mention your ds's name to the perpetrators or their parents.

And very for your ds - what an awful thing to have happen to him!

ooooooh piffle and your lovely DS this is so awful for you all

I don't have a clue what I would do apart from want to go and tell them exactly what I thought of them, I understand what you mean about making it worse for DS

When my DS was being bullied at school we went to head and she sorted it sort of but DS is still frightened when he sees bully around the town {bully is 2 years older than DS}