A 14-year-old girl was left battered and bruised in an unprovoked attack on Melville Intermediate School grounds.
Tia (surname withheld) was on the field with her four siblings and step-siblings at about 2pm on September 1 when a group of six girls aged 11-16 approached and demanded the scooter Tia and the other children were playing with.
When Tia refused to hand it over, one of the girls attacked her. Tia says the girl tied her hands up in a jersey, hit her in the face up to 30 times, punched and kicked her in the ribs and tore out tufts of her hair. And Tia believes the attack was videoed on a smartphone.
The attack was captured on Melville Intermediate's CCTV. Principal David Cooke said he had provided police with footage and a statement in relation to the attack.
Waikato police communications manager Andrew McAlley said the case had been referred to Youth Aid and CIB was aware of the alleged incident.