On April 21, speaking with Lao Dong, Mr. Nguyen Van Hung - Chairman of Phu Cat District People's Committee (Binh Dinh) - said that he had directed the District Department of Education and Training to coordinate with relevant units to clarify the case of a female student being beaten by a group of friends, filming a clip and posting it on social media, causing public outrage.
"Currently, the police and the school have invited the students and parents involved to work to verify and handle the case in accordance with regulations," Mr. Hung informed.
According to initial information, the incident occurred on the afternoon of April 12, at the land plot at the foot of De Gi bridge (Cat Khanh commune, Phu Cat district), outside the school campus. Here, a group of female students used helmets with their hands and feet to repeatedly hit a female student in the head, face and abdomen.
Even when the victim fell onto the road, screamed, and could not resist, the group of female students continued to assault, grabbed her hair and repeatedly kicked her in the head. Notably, there were many teenagers around who witnessed the incident, but no one intervened but instead laughed and encouraged the violent act.
Through verification, the female student beaten was N.T.T.H, a 7th grade student at My Thanh Secondary School (Phu My district). The group of female students who participated in beating H included L.T.D.T (schoolmates at the same school as H); V.T.Q.N, 8th grade student at Cat Thanh Secondary School (Phu Cat district) and D.T.A.T (school dropouts).
Previously, as reported by Lao Dong Newspaper, on the afternoon of April 19, social networks spread a clip recording a female student being brutally beaten by two other female friends in the middle of an empty lot. In the clip, the victim could only hold his head and endure the beating, without any resistance.
The clip, after being posted, attracted tens of thousands of interactions and shares, most of whom expressed their anger at school violence.
Through initial verification, this incident occurred on March 23 (Sunday), at the new An Nhon market area (Binh Dinh ward, An Nhon town). The victim was N.P.K.V, an 8th grade student at Binh Dinh Ward Secondary School. The two students who participated in beating V were L.B.A.N (grade 9 at Dap Da Ward Secondary School, wearing a red shirt) and D.T.D.A (grade 8 at Binh Dinh Ward Secondary School, in a blue and black shirt). The person standing outside to stir up and film the clip was N.B.Tr (class 9 at Binh Dinh Ward Secondary School).
The initial cause was determined to be that V had a conflict with two 8th grade female students at Binh Dinh Ward Secondary School through social media (in the same group as N), so N replaced him with a friend to beat V.
