Suspects, accusers in brawl asked to move

? Guilford College has asked five students believed to have been involved in a racially tinged fight last weekend – including the accusers – to move off campus during the investigation.

The three Guilford football players and the two Palestinian students they are suspected of assaulting will still be allowed to attend class and study in the library, said Guilford President Kent Chabotar.

Authorities have charged Michael Bates, 19; Michael Robert Six, 20; and Christopher Barnette, 21, with misdemeanor assault and ethnic intimidation, according to court documents. They were released Monday on $2,000 bail.

Court papers allege the three players taunted Guilford students Faris Khader and Osama Sabbah and North Carolina State University student Omar Awartani with racial slurs and called them “terrorists” while assaulting them with their fists and feet.