[자막뉴스] 입학 일주일도 안 됐는데...중학생들의 '막장 행동' / YTN

A male student in school uniform grabs a female student by the hair and corners her in broad daylight on the street. He knees her in the stomach and repeatedly slaps her face with his hand. This is the scene of a mob violence outside the gates of a middle school in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. The perpetrator, a year older than the student, surrounded the freshman with his friends and repeatedly beat her. He even brazenly posted this on social media, as if bragging about it. He claimed she had badmouthed them. The violence occurred just six days after the student enrolled, and the victim was unable to attend school for two weeks. [Victim: I felt like I was about to burst into tears, my hands were shaking. It was a little unfair, considering I had only been enrolled for a week, but I was also scared to go to school…] After receiving a report of school violence, the school took emergency measures and suspended the perpetrator for five days. Meanwhile, the student left for a family vacation to Jeju Island, claiming it was a previously scheduled trip. The victim's family, who saw the photos of their trips on social media, suffered further mental anguish. [Father of the victim: The investigation is over. I'll just post something now. There's nothing else we can do, so from our perspective, there's nothing we can do.] The victim's parents are frustrated, saying that three weeks after the incident, the review committee to determine the level of disciplinary action hasn't even been convened. Meanwhile, the school claims that the investigation has been delayed due to regulations that changed this year, with the Office of Education handling school violence cases. They explained that they are making efforts to protect the victim, such as by dropping him off at the school gate after school. The police, who received the report, will file a case against the teenage student suspected of assault and will soon forward the case to the prosecution upon completion of the investigation. Students who were present at the time of the incident, including those who filmed and distributed the video, will also be forwarded to prosecution to determine their level of involvement. [Oh Young-ho / Attorney: You might think you have to commit the assault yourself to be punished, but even if you film the assault with a cell phone or simply stand by and watch, you can be charged as an accessory to the assault.] While disciplinary action and punishment are inevitable for the students who committed the assault, the victims are worried about whether they will be able to safely navigate their three years of school life. This is YTN's Lim Ye-jin. Photographer | Lee Young-jae Graphics | Aircraft Mirror Caption News | Lee Sun #YTNCaptionNews [Copyrights (c) YTN. Unauthorized reproduction, redistribution, and use of AI data prohibited]