Red Deer teens face assault charges after attack caught on camera - BERITAJA

Two Red Deer, Alta., teens are facing battle charges aft an onslaught connected a 14-year-old woman that was caught connected camera and shared complete societal media.

According to RCMP, the onslaught happened about 2:21 p.m. connected Monday astatine a section successful the Lancaster Meadows area on 30th Avenue.

In the video that was shared connected societal media, a woman is seen being attacked for much than 2 minutes, pinned to the ground, kicked and punched while besides having her caput slammed down.

“It’s very concerning wrong our city, immoderate acts of unit we return seriously. There is nary spot for it wrong our organization and we are actively investigating,” says Const. Sandra Geiger pinch the Red Deer RCMP.

Police opportunity the unfortunate was taken to a adjacent infirmary successful non-life threatening condition. Her alleged attackers, some 14, were taken into custody and look charges of battle causing bodily harm. One of the accused has an further complaint of battle by choking.

According to Red Deer RCMP, this is the 2nd incident since May 4th that ended successful teens being arrested for aggravated assault.

“We’ve had a important summation successful the past 2 weeks pinch the types of calls that we’ve had travel successful and successful peculiar these 2 files. Aside from that, location haven’t been immoderate further trends that I americium alert of,” says Geiger

Red Deer Mayor Cindy Jefferies says she’s watched the video from Monday’s onslaught and calls it a “deeply concerning issue.”

“What it says to maine arsenic it’s clip to telephone a gathering and it’s clip to commencement talking about what does a amended consequence to this business look for illustration and what prevents this from happening again,” Jefferies says.

Red Deer Public School Division committee chair Nicole Buchanan says the statement is alert of Monday’s incident.

“Our schools are safe places, this was an isolated incident,” says Buchanan. “I’m not minimizing it astatine all, but location are resources and mechanisms successful spot for involution and prevention to make judge that our students successful our buildings are safe and we will proceed to do that.”

While the schoolhouse committee can’t spell into circumstantial specifications about the investigation, she says they’ve been notified by RCMP that “they person done what they could do nether the Criminal Code of Canada and the Youth Justice Act.”

“But what I could opportunity is that the committee and schoolhouse section is utilizing the highest disciplinary action nether the Education Act,” says Buchanan. “The highest disciplinary (action) that a schoolhouse committee yet could usage is an expulsion hearing.”

A GoFundMe has been setup to thief the victim’s family during this difficult time.

Both accused person been released and are scheduled to look successful the Alberta Court of Justice successful Red Deer connected June 25th.