A teenage boy and girl were attacked in a shocking one-punch assault after a dispute about smoking in a park.
Horrifying footage of the attack in a park in Blakeview, in Adelaide’s north, was posted on Facebook by 13-year-old Kyle White’s mother.
Police have confirmed they are investigating the incident during which it is claimed another teenager, a girl also aged 13, was punched and thrown to the ground.
Police say they are investigating the alleged one-punch assault in a park in northern Adelaide
Kyle White, 13, claims he was punched up to seven times in the attack when he asked them to move away while smoking
The friends said they were sitting in the park with other mates when two people – an older boy and an adult – started smoking nearby.
But when Kyle asked them to move further away from them, he said they became angry and allegedly threw a single punch hitting him in his face.
He was then hit another seven times, he told Nine News.
‘I was just shocked and a bit scared,’ he said.
In another interview with Seven News, the boy said he wanted his attackers caught so it could not happen to someone else.
The video has received more than 25,000 views on Facebook with 361 shares after it was shared by Kyle’s mother
The attack continued as Kyle’s friend Jade Wickhams said she was attacked in the fracas when she jumped in to help him.
‘He grabbed me by the collar threw me to the floor and hit me,’ she told 7News.
She claims she was hit ‘multiple times’ while she was on the ground.
Kyle’s mother, Donna White, has posted the footage on Facebook branding the man hitting her son as a ‘scumbag’.
The video was posted on February 26 and has received more than 25,000 views on Facebook with 361 shares.
Anti-violence groups have raised concerns about the increasing regularity of one-punch attacks.
Brett Duncanson, from the Sammy D Foundation, warned it could lead to fatalities.
‘A hit like that, it’s a matter of millimetres, or the way the victim could have fallen (which) is the difference between life and death,’ he warned on 9News.
Pictured is Hayfield Park in Blakeview in Adelaide’s north where the alleged attack took place