Nine Edison High School students were charged with violently initiating another student into a gang, Fairfax County police said.

The nine students allegedly took the 16-year-old boy to a path near Gum Street and Woodway Drive in March and jumped him, punching and kicking the boy for about a minute.

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One of the teens, 18-year-old Chaimongkhon Ruengvivatanakij, was charged as an adult. The others were between 14 and 16 years old.

All nine students were charged with gang participation, gang recruitment and hazing.