Handphone videos capture violent attacks by schoolgirls

TWO countries, two teenage girls, two attacks captured on video.

One of these videos was eventually posted online, where it was discovered by the victim's elder sister.

The footage was taken on a handphone camera at a mosque in Terengganu, Malaysia.

There are conflicting reports about the incident.

The New Straits Times (NST) reported that two 13-year-old girls were beaten up by a group of schoolgirls.

Azani Juasharmiela Mohd Jaaffar and her friend were allegedly forced to get on motorcycles ridden by three of their schoolmates and taken to a mosque.

There, they were reportedly beaten up for 30 minutes while one of the attackers filmed them on her handphone.

The Star, on the other hand, reported the incident as a case of teen jealousy.

Azani Juasharmiela was allegedly scratched on the face by her best friend because the latter was jealous that she was getting many compliments on her good looks.

A classmate recorded the fight on her handphone.

While the details differed, both newspapers reported that the video was posted online.

It was discovered by Azani Juasharmiela's 23-year-old sister, Ms Azani Juhaiza.

The younger girl had tried to keep the incident a secret, but told all after being confronted by her older sister.

The victim said she was traumatised by the incident.

The sisters lodged a report at the Kuala Terengganu police headquarters on Sunday morning.

In Hong Kong, an unrelated and more serious attack was also recorded with a handphone camera.

In May, a group of schoolgirls allegedly stripped and abused a classmate.

The incident was captured in a handphone video and sent to the rest of the class.

The Sun reported that the 12-year-old victim was beaten by nine other girls aged 11 to 13.

They allegedly stripped her naked, stuck hard objects into her private parts and burned her hands with cigarette butts.

The victim's family learned of the incident and made a police report. The case is under investigation.