Martial Artist Sam Laschevoski Attacked, Community Rallies

0:00It's April 9th. Welcome to Europe News Today, powered by AI, I'm Cory with the story. A 20-year-old martial artist named Sam Lashivowski got jumped by a large group at St. Canese's Dungiven GAA Club last Sunday evening. He ended up in the hospital with serious head injuries and is still reeling from the shock. Police are now on the case, investigating the assault that happened around the garbage road area. Sam's mom, Magella McLaughlin, trains with him at the team Rayano Jim in Limavadi, where she's even snagged a European championship title. She says Sam's the quiet type, never starts trouble and keeps asking what he did to deserve this. His older brother and everyone who knows him are heartbroken over it. The martial arts community has rallied hard, flooding them with support and shares. Sam's coach, Andy Chapman, put out a bold online call to the attackers, saying group beatings are straight up cowardly. He challenged them to step up solo in the gym, pick and opponent their size, throw on

1:00gloves, and fight fair. Local businesses chipped in, so now there's 7,000 pounds of malign if one of them wins the match. Police are urging witnesses to call 101 with any dash cam, CCTV or info, quoting reference number 1-87 from April 6th. Magella wants justice through the legal route, and the whole scene's got folks hoping that the cowards man up or get caught.