Teen Girls Beaten, Stomped By High School Mob [Video]


Astoria Park, Queens –Two eighth graders were viciously attacked by a mob of mostly female high school students in a melee that was captured on cell phone video.

One of the New York City teens was coming to the aid of her friend who had been bullied and jumped apparently by the same group the day before and was warned that more was coming. No one else stepped forward to help; bystanders just stood around and watched or filmed the brawl with their smartphones.

Samantha Gonzalez, 14, described what happened when she tried to defend her classmate and friend: “About seven to 10 girls just started grabbing me and held my hands and just started kicking me in the face. They threw cones at me. They hit us with belt buckles, with Timberlands, umbrellas, guys kicking us — like guys, really?” Gonzalez, who suffered a broken nose and was left with two black eyes, added that she was understandably afraid that she might be beaten to death by the mob. The other girl received eight stitches in a local hospital and was bloodied and bruised in the attack. They were set upon by as many as 30 high school students in the fight.

Police investigators apparently have concluded that the attackers are from Long Island City High School. Detectives are interviewing witnesses and evidently identified at least one suspect, but have yet to make any arrests.

New York City Council member Peter Vallone, who represents the Astoria area, reacted to the vicious beating which he found out about when a Facebook friend forwarded the video: “This is a gang of older high school girls brutally beating one or two junior high school girls. We can actually see one girl being held down and having her face stepped on. This is not something you see in Astoria.”

[Astoria Blvd. Library image credit: Jim.henderson]

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