Two teens are accused of beating a transgender woman at a Renton transit station in a hate crime, Washington police reported.

Nikki Armstrong, 39, of Renton told police the teens, brothers ages 15 and 17, shouted homophobic slurs during the attack, KIRO reported.

The teens are charged with assault and a hate crime in the attack at about 8:20 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, Renton police said in a news release.

At a court hearing Tuesday, a judge ordered the teens held on electronic home detention, police said in an update.

Armstrong told police she argued with the teens earlier in the evening, police said. When she returned to the center a few hours later, the teens chased her, knocked her down and beat her, police said.

She suffered serious injuries and was taken to a hospital, police said.

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