A shocking schoolyard brawl ended with a 15-year-old girl (pictured) having her jaw broken in three places and needing surgery
A shocking schoolyard brawl has ended with a 15-year-old girl having her jaw broken in three places and needing surgery.
The violent attacked was filmed and showed a number of fights between students outside Butler College, a school in Perth’s northern suburbs.
Police were called to the school at 3.30pm on Wednesday and were told dozens of students were involved in the brawl, which appeared to spill dangerously onto the street.
One year 10 student, Molly Prince, tried to help a younger child who was allegedly being bullied, but she ended up being injured so badly she required surgery at Perth Children’s Hospital.
The teenager’s mother, Sherrie Prince, told Daily Mail Australia her daughter was crying and her face was ‘quite swollen’ following the attack.
Year 10 student, Molly Prince (pictured), tried to help a younger child who was allegedly being bullied, but she ended up being injured so badly she required surgery at Perth Children’s Hospital
‘She has three fractures in her jaw and two metal plates, which are permanent,’ Ms Prince said.
‘I’m worried, I’m worried that she goes back to the school and they’re (the children in the fight) gonna turn around (and say) “oh you got us in trouble and here’s another hit”,’ the upset mother told 9 News.
‘She’s had a very trying year, it’s been a hard year … it’s the icing on the cake really.’
Ms Prince said her daughter appeared to be coping considering the trauma of the event.
‘I don’t think she realises the magnitude of things, I think it will all sink in soon now she is home,’ she said.
‘It has to stop. Something has to be done about what’s going on at our schools. We need harsher punishments.’
Police were called to the school at 3.30pm on Wednesday as dozens of students were involved in the violent fight (pictured) which appeared to spill dangerously onto Perth streets
The girl’s mother, Sherrie Prince (pictured), said her daughter was crying and her face was ‘quite swollen’ following the attack which left her needing surgery
The video showed one woman, who allegedly stepped in to stop the fights, being pinned against a car as students threw punches, before a man intervened and separated them.
Adults were reportedly involved in the fights but they weren’t hitting children.
Other students are too scared to go to school because of the horrific violence.
If students are found to have been involved in the fight, they face a suspension of up to 10 days, according to Perth Now.
The 15-year-old stepped into the violent brawl (pictured) to try and protect a year seven student who was allegedly being bullied but was assaulted by other students