Yesterday's story of a larger group of older teenagers attacking 12-13 year olds at a Hamilton movie theatre, while staff did nothing, horrifies me.
The cinema staff couldn't even keep the older teens from running off, as they were long gone by the time the police got there.
I don't know what to say.
Related link: Girl's nose broken in cinema bashing
A group of 12- and 13-year-olds were left bloody, bruised and shaken after an unprovoked attack inside a Hastings cinema earlier this month.
A group of eight Hastings Intermediate children were at Reading Cinemas on Heretaunga St when about a dozen older teens, believed to be aged between 15 and 17, attacked them - breaking one girl's nose and leaving others with black eyes and bruised faces.
The cinema staff couldn't even keep the older teens from running off, as they were long gone by the time the police got there.
... security footage of the attack was "disturbing".
"One girl had been really badly punched and thrown on the ground and kicked and kicked.
"Then they left but actually ran back to kick her again," ...
I don't know what to say.
Related link: Girl's nose broken in cinema bashing