Facebook video shows brutal beating of Northland schoolgirl
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Last updated 11:10, May 8 2015
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GRAPHIC CONTENT: A video has been posted on Facebook showing a school girl violently attacking another school girl.
Police are investigating after the brutal beating of a schoolgirl was captured on video in Northland.
The video raises concerns about the way social media can increase the impacts of abuse and violence, Netsafe say.
A young woman, described as having "a murderous look her in eye" was arrested after the attack in Northland, witnesses said.
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The aggressor repeatedly punched, kneed and kicked the schoolgirl.
In the video, which has been posted on Facebook, onlookers stand around - many laughing and cheering - for about a minute before a pair of adults cautiously intervene.
A young woman is shown approaching a teenage girl who appears to be in school uniform, as another person follows along with a camera phone to catch the fight.
Without warning, the aggressor launches into a flurry of punches knocking the schoolgirl to the ground, before kneeing and kicking her in the head.
The person filming the video makes no apparent attempts to stop the assault, nor do several witnesses.
Adult bystanders are eventually seen arriving on the scene and separating the girls. The aggressor in the fight then lunges for an adult male who tried to intervene, before landing a final savage kick to the back of the other girl's head.
A spokeswoman for Northland police said they were investigating the incident.
Netsafe director Martin Cocker said videos of assaults had an ongoing effect on the victim.
People who filmed such events had to act responsibly, he said.
The fight took place at the Kaikohe bus station, opposite Bunnings warehouse, as several school buses were arriving.
A passerby, who did not see the fight but watched the attacker being arrested, said "she had a murderous look in her eye".
"I saw the girl get arrested. I saw her resisting arrest, trying to punch the policeman.
"She ripped the handcuffs out of his hands and threw them away," he said.
"She wasn't saying anything but she was uncooperative and very angry."
The man said another police officer assisted and the young woman was eventually pressed against a wall and cuffed.
"They weren't rough with her. I thought the police were very controlled, considering the state she was in," he said.
The video was posted to Facebook on Thursday night and is thought to have been filmed on Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon.
Netsafe's Cocker said his advice to people who had such videos was simple: "Don't upload them.
"You aren't making any positive contribution to society by doing."
Violent videos breached the terms and conditions of Facebook and most social networking sites, he said, and if people reported them they would be taken down.
The Harmful Digital Communications Bill will create a new offence of sending messages or posting material to cause harm, punishable by up to two years in jail or a $2000 fine.
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