14-year-old boy injured during fight at watch party, sent to World Cup by Algerian embassy

A fight at a popular East Boston venue on Monday knocked a 14-year-old boy unconscious, according to his family.

Video circulating online shows the fight break out at The Tall Ship during a watch party for the World Cup match between the Netherlands and Morocco.

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At the center is Wassim Karcouche, a 14-year-old Algerian from Winthrop, who says he went to watch the game and cheer on Morocco with his friends.

Sporting an Algeria jersey, he says he didn’t think it would cause any commotion, and says it didn’t until a fight broke out, and he got caught in the middle…

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