A 15-year-old was allegedly battered by five teenage girls who lured her into a trap and attacked her ‘like animals’ before posting the footage online.
The teenager, whose mother has requested is named only as Michelle, claims she was set upon outdoors in Stockwell, South London.
The schoolgirl went to hospital after cracking her head open and suffering two black eyes, a swollen cheek and cuts on the Stockwell Park Estate.
The group are said to have shoved Michelle to the ground and kicked her before stealing her shoes last Tuesday at 8pm.
Her aunt Aieshsa Rozario, 32, said: ‘Michelle was with a friend when the girls came along and said they wanted to talk to her.
‘They tricked her into going over and the rest of the girls all jumped her. The reason they attacked her is because they wanted her to fight another girl with them.
‘But she refused so they thought she was setting them up and beat her up instead. If she had not refused it would have been six people on someone else.’
The mother-of-one added: ‘She doesn’t even know the girl they were talking about, she just knows of her. They were kicking her in the head.
‘The girls were filming Michelle while they were attacking her and put a video online to brag about what happened.
‘Michelle is really nervous and shaken by it - she just looks like a bag of nerves. She is scared to go out and we do not want to let her out anyway.
‘Whenever I watch that video it makes me feel really angry and a little bit sick. We want to bring these girls to justice.’
Her family, who do not live on the Stockwell Park Estate, said Michelle was in the area with a friend and knew her attackers but was not friends with them.
Michelle was taken to St Thomas’ Hospital in Vauxhall by ambulance following the attack and checked over before being released later the same night.
A video showing the alleged attack - which Michelle’s family claim was posted by the teenagers on Snapchat - has been viewed more than 14,000 times.
Michelle’s mother, who has two children and did not wish to be named, said: ‘I just feel heartbroken and disgusted. I couldn’t even watch the video.
‘I couldn’t even listen to her screams and the kicks. The attack only lasted a couple of minutes, but Michelle said she felt like it was forever.
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