Boy charged with attack on baby

SAN FRANCISCO - A California prosecutor has charged a six-year-old boy with the attempted murder of a month-old baby who was …

SAN FRANCISCO - A California prosecutor has charged a six-year-old boy with the attempted murder of a month-old baby who was badly beaten at his home.

The unidentified boy and two eight-year-old companions were also charged with burglary, said Mr Harold Jewett, deputy district attorney in Contra Costa County in northern California.

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