ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Three Minnesota teens were charged in an incident that led to swordplay -- and the victims disarming and injuring the alleged robbers.
Hossem Eau Chalbi, 18, of Minneapolis; Iman Ahmed Abdelhakim, 17, of Columbia Heights and Mohammed Khalil, 16, of Minneapolis, each were charged with two felony counts of first-degree burglary involving assault, the St. Paul Pioneer Press said Saturday.
The younger two were charged in Hennepin County Juvenile Court. County Attorney Amy Klobuchar said she has filed a motion to certify the two juveniles for prosecution as adults.
Minneapolis police are still seeking a fourth suspect.
Chalbi had a cut on an arm consistent with a sword slash, and Khalil was missing a finger and had a cut on his abdomen, officials said.
Four suspects knocked on the door of the apartment and pointed a gun at one of the victims, police said. Both victims were ordered to the floor, but they got up and disarmed the person holding the gun and a second suspect who had found a sword and begun threatening the victims, the newspaper said.
The four intruders ran from the home after their would-be victims had slashed two of them.
