they removed the video
Teen violence among students who settle disputes with their fists remains a warning that has shadowed schools for years. When fights are recorded and then spread online, the messages multiply: other students are drawn into the chorus of violence, and the victims face intensified harassment outside the classroom. The problem grows when videos survive the first posting, traveling through chats and channels, amplifying fear and damage long after the incident itself.
A minor under fourteen became a focal point in one of the clips circulated on a Telegram channel that drew the attention of the National Police, which only learned of it yesterday. The incident began when the child endured bullying by two classmates at a high school in a town within l’Horta. The municipality protects the minor’s identity, but the footage last summer showed the aggression and the way the victim appeared to be targeted online, even as attempts were made to intimidate and harm the victim further.
“She wanted to jump from a balcony, and I had to intervene,” the mother recalls, her voice still trembling with fear, grief, and anger at the public responses that followed. “It’s hard to hear your daughter say she doesn’t want to live anymore.” At first, the mother did not understand what was happening, and she withdrew from social circles as she processed the assault’s impact.
The mother later learned of a video showing her daughter being attacked as she left the school. The assailants pulled her hair, beat her, and engaged in humiliation that included a sexually charged act with a sandwich, adding a layer of indignity to the violence.
The mother of the bullying victim asked the channel manager to remove the attack video.
After rescuing her daughter from a moment of imminent danger on the third floor, the mother stopped seeing signs of self-harm in her child, but she faced the difficult choice of moving away from the location to distance her daughter from presumed followers. Critics argued that teachers had already deemed the matter resolved because the individuals involved were minors.
Although the mother considered reporting the incidents to the police, she visited the local station and showed officers the channel where the videos were posted, yet she did not file a formal complaint because the harassment had subsided. With the school year ending, she worried that pursuing a report could inflame tensions with the families involved.
While the immediate danger ebbed for her family, she hoped her statement would end the spread of new videos depicting such assaults. She described those who participated as dangerous enough to record and cheer on the bullying, underscoring the seriousness of the situation.
they removed the video
The mother later found an Instagram account linked to the case and managed to reach the person who had posted the footage. The individual argued that public exposure occurs when private acts are made visible, and the video was taken down. Yet the same person would later open a Telegram channel that amplified the issue, a platform known for its opacity and the legal challenges involved in removing violent content.
That Instagram user with about 5,000 followers urged followers to send violent clips directly via messages and provided a Telegram link where such videos continued to appear from late January onward. The posts suggested ongoing involvement by the same administrator, though the public record remains unclear.
Several of the remaining videos were shot in Valencia and the l’Horta area. One clip shows two teens engaging in a brutal exchange in a public square in Massanassa, watched by a large group of peers who cheer on the confrontation.
Some local police forces maintain heightened caution near schools as a preventive measure.
Sources indicate that many conflicts erupt at school exits, prompting certain municipalities to increase policing around secondary schools to deter confrontations. In Massanassa, for instance, the local police say they were unaware of the incident until the referenced Telegram clip surfaced. Nonetheless, they have long offered a visible presence after school hours to discourage violence among youths.
The National Police continue their investigations despite the Telegram channel’s closure and have not received formal complaints from any parent who identified their child in the post and considered it a criminal act. The incident marks a troubling chapter, but authorities emphasize that the harm extends beyond a single moment and through the online ecosystem that sustains it.