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The National Post has learned that the boy, a Grade 9 student is not a member of the football team but apparently entered the dressing room seeking a ride home from a friend.

It’s unclear how or why the boy’s friend left without him, but he did, and instead of getting a lift the boy was allegedly set upon by members of one of the school’s football teams, apparently the junior club.

We understand and share the anger and distress that such horrible acts could happen on our school grounds involving boys in our care

Sources who have seen the short video say it shows two students holding or using the broomstick while a much larger group of players, both white and black, cheered and shouted encouragement.

While the assault has been described as a “hazing” gone bad, hazing is a term usually reserved for relatively benign initiation rituals, such as head-shaving and the like, for rookie members of sports teams — not for non-members.

Police said they became aware of the assault on Wednesday and since then have learned of at least two other incidents.

The school’s letter to parents refers to another incident the school first learned about, and received video of, on Monday.

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After an internal investigation, the letter says four students were expelled because of their alleged involvement in this incident, which, the Canadian Press reports, involved members of the basketball team bullying a student and soaking him with water.

A fifth student was suspended for his role in the bathroom incident.

That same evening, Nov. 12, the letter says, the school received video of the alleged sexual assault with the broomstick.