After a video surfaced on social media showing a young teenage girl being physically assaulted by a group of what seem to be her peers, police an investigation into the case as local social media reacts to the assault.
Among them was PN MP Darren Carabott, who posted a status saying: ‘if you are of flesh and blood, you felt your stomach churn with every hit she received. But at the same time you start to think about how there are people who are able to laugh and film the scene.’
‘Am I surprised with what I saw? I’d say no, unfortunately. And if the hand of the law is not enforced in Valletta, this will keep happening.’
Referring to comments made by Prime Minister Robert Abela after another youth attack on other youths earlier this year, Carabott added: ‘It seems as though Prime Minister Robert Abela was right when he said, last January, that he does not trust his daughter out in Valletta’s streets. The problem is that, after 10 months of having said this, nothing happened.’
‘The residents and parents who let their children go out to Valletta – they expect action: they hope that they, or their children, aren’t the next victim.’
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