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A Cape Girardeau, Missouri teenager is recovering after being attacked with his own prosthetic leg.

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Associated Press
September 18, 2006

Michael Williams was attacked around 1:00 am Sunday in an apartment complex parking lot.

Police say two other teens in a car pulled alongside Williams, an 18-year-old who is missing half his right arm and wears a prosthetic leg due to a birth defect.

One of the teens grabbed Williams' prosthetic leg and beat him with it.

Because the attack was apparently motivated by Williams' disability, police regard it as a hate crime.

Seventeen-year-old Alexander Harris faces felony assault charges. The other teen, a 16-year-old boy, faces juvenile charges.

Williams had lip, jaw and neck injuries but no broken bones.

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