Transit police in Boston announced the arrest of a 16-year-old male in connection to an alleged racially motivated assault on a woman of Asian descent on the Red Line near the JFK/UMass stop in an incident that was caught on tape. The arrest on Monday was in relation to an alleged assault that occurred on Sept. 21. The investigation is ongoing, and charges will be sought, according to a statement released by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Transit Police on social media Tuesday.

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