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A graphic video showing girls bullying a classmate has sent fresh shockwaves through Germany – just days after a 12-year-old was brutally stabbed to death.
The footage shows the unidentified girl aged 13, being slapped, spat on and having a cigarette stubbed out on her before she is pushed to the floor and surrounded.
Her ordeal only ends when a passer-by intervenes but of the group, only one is criminally responsible as the rest are below the age of criminal responsibility in Germany, which is 14 years old.
The troubling incident comes after Luise Frisch, 12, was stabbed to death by two classmates aged 12 and 13, and they too will avoid justice for the same reason.
Both cases have led to demands for the 100-year-old law in Germany preventing those under 14 from being put on trial to change – although ruling politicians and judges have opposed calls.
The footage shows the unidentified girl aged 13, being slapped, spat on and having a cigarette stubbed out on her before she is pushed to the floor and surrounded
Her ordeal only ends when a passer-by intervenes but of the group, only one is criminally responsible as the rest are below the age of criminal responsibility in Germany, which is 14 years old
In the latest episode the girl was attacked on a footpath in the town of Heide in northern Germany by three girls and her ordeal filmed and posted online.
One of the attackers screams at her victim: 'Sit down – I won't let you go easily,' as she slaps and punches the crying girl while being cheered on.
The victim is seen hyper ventilating and pleading with them: 'Please, stop I can't breathe.'
But one screams back:' We'll beat you until you are on the floor bleeding.'
The footage ends with the girl sitting on the floor sobbing and the girls flee as police arrive on the scene.
Astrid Heidorn, a spokeswoman for the local police, said:' The incident is being investigated. We have seen the footage which shows a 13-year-old girl being attacked.
'We are also investigating reports of a
