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Police investigate attack on teenage girls that was filmed and shared on Facebook

The film shows a teenager hitting the girls and forcing them to get on their knees and grovel.

POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING an attack on two girls by another teenager in which they were hit and forced to get on their knees and grovel to one of her friends.

The incident which occurred in the West Midlands in the UK was filmed and uploaded on Facebook.

It shows the two girls being threatened, screamed at and forced to the ground by one girl.

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The girls are then forced to grovel in a humiliating apology to another girl.

One of the girls handbag is then emptied and thrown on to the main road.

The video shows a number of other teenagers present, who are all seen chatting and laughing.

It’s had over 6 million views on Facebook and has been widely shared on social media.

West Midlands Police issued a statement yesterday to say they were aware of the video circulating on the social media.

The offence was reported to us on Saturday night and detectives have been following several lines of enquiry to trace those responsible.The unprovoked attack against the girls, both aged 14, happened at around 10pm on Saturday (11 July) in Hilary Grove.
The violence shown against these two girls is completely unacceptable and our investigation is progressing quickly. This kind of mindless attack will not be tolerated in Birmingham and those involved will be brought to justice.

They urged anyone with information to call DS Dean Gordon on 101 or contact, Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

They also thanked everyone who had contacted police to make them aware of the incident.

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    Mute Paul Hughes
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    Jul 14th 2015, 8:43 AM

    It takes a very intelligent person to upload their crime to Facebook

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    Mute Paul Radford
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    Jul 14th 2015, 1:02 PM

    I truly hope they are named and shamed. May this vile act follow the bitch for a long long time into her future.
    Jazuz , I wanted to tare her apart while watching the video.

    I’m glad her accomplice videoed the crime and was stupid enough to post it to the world.

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    Mute Susan O Connell
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    Jul 14th 2015, 2:07 PM

    One of them was, I saw a post naming her and including her picture, problem is some moron decided to tag the wrong girl- as a result this (innocent) girls family including her father began receiving abusive messages from people-this is the problem with ‘naming and shaming’ there’s always one idiot out there who will get their facts wrong and accuse a completely innocent person.

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    Mute Conor Church
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    Jul 14th 2015, 8:32 AM

    I’m wondering are these attacks more prevalent these days, or are they just more widely shared due to social media/smart phones etc…?

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    Mute Gary
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    Jul 14th 2015, 8:44 AM

    Conor, in this case it’s good that it was shared on social media because the police have proof of the assault. It won’t be long before they’ll be knocking on her door and she’ll be on her knees saying sorry. An example needs to be made of this little cow.

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    Mute David Vaughan
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    Jul 14th 2015, 8:44 AM

    I think a combination of both, but the added ‘publicity’ effect from Facebook etc. results in copycat attacks as well. :-(

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    Mute Conor Church
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    Jul 14th 2015, 8:54 AM

    completely agree with you. just wondering if attacks happening more or just shared more…

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    Jul 14th 2015, 8:55 AM

    agree with you 100%. curious if they are happening more, or just shared more

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    Jul 14th 2015, 8:33 AM

    Horrible bitch!

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    Mute j
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    Jul 14th 2015, 8:47 AM

    All they are is strength in numbers . different little people on their own. total sc#m

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    Jul 14th 2015, 10:13 AM

    6,000,000 views.
    So, Facebook is making money on abuse videos.
    The law should come down hard on social media sites that allow this sort of stuff remain online.
    Parasites.

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    Mute Brendan Lantry
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    Jul 14th 2015, 10:32 AM

    Pity they don’t have a law against twits like you. Troll.

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    Mute Gary
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    Jul 14th 2015, 10:58 AM

    Noah, I totally agree.

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    Jul 14th 2015, 8:52 AM

    Sometimes it is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men…oops women…..

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    Mute Brian Gormley
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    Jul 14th 2015, 12:58 PM

    what a horrible bit.h and her mates especially the pri.k laughing as he records it should be done as well

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    Jul 14th 2015, 5:37 PM

    There is a generation of nutcases out there???

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    Jul 14th 2015, 9:43 PM

    Her name is Jorgi McMahon

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