7th grade female student in Nghe An was beaten by a group of people for arbitrarily taking a friend's shirt to wear.

On October 25, two clips of two female secondary school students fighting each other appeared on Facebook, causing public outrage. Both fights involved female students from Thong Thu Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities (Que Phong).

The first clip is about 6 minutes long, recording a group of female students beating up a friend on the street, in the middle of the night. In this clip, a female student is repeatedly grabbed by the hair, beaten, slapped in the face, and stomped on by a group of about 3-4 female students. The victim can only cover her face, endure the beating, and beg. This clip also records many other female students standing around not trying to stop them, even shouting, laughing, etc.

Female student was beaten in the incident that happened on the evening of October 23. Photo cut from clip

Mr. Hoang Van Thanh - Principal of Thong Thu Ethnic Boarding Secondary School said that the victim beaten in this clip is a 7th grade female student of Thong Thu Ethnic Boarding Secondary School. The incident happened on the evening of October 23 at Nam Piet Bridge, Loc Village, Thong Thu Commune. "The leader of the group of female students beating up their friend in this clip is a student in Dong Van Commune. That student has just been disciplined and suspended from school for 1 week," Mr. Thanh said, adding that the police have begun investigating this fight. The initial cause was that the female students argued on Facebook.

Also on October 25, another nearly 6-minute clip appeared on Facebook, recording a scene of a female student being slapped in the face by a group of friends. In this clip, a female student sits on a dormitory bed, while a group of about 4 other female students continuously curse in Thai. After cursing, the group of female students take turns slapping the victim in the face. Principal Hoang Van Thanh confirmed that this clip was filmed in the dormitory of Thong Thu Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities. The female student beaten in the clip is also in 7th grade.

The female student beaten in the second clip is also studying at Thong Thu Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities. Photo cut from clip.

According to Mr. Thanh, this incident happened about a month ago. The reason was that a 7th grade female student took another student's shirt and wore it, so she was beaten by a group of female students in the dormitory. "We invited the parents to come and talk about that incident, and disciplined the students involved," Mr. Thanh said.