A fight inside Chartiers Valley High School is drawing widespread attention after video of the fight was posted on Facebook.
Safdar Khwaja, president of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, says that after the video ended the attack continued, leaving the 14-year-old victim with a concussion. Khwaja said she was taken to Children’s Hospital by ambulance and had to be admitted overnight for treatment.
Khwaja said the victim moved to the United States with her family a few years ago from Syria after spending two years in a refugee camp.
“They were fleeing anarchy, violence, and the complete breakdown of the social system, governing system so they came to a civilized place and we all assured them this is the most civilized place in the world. To see this kind of violence take place, it’s very disappointing,” said Khwaja.High school senior Alexis Work posted the video on Facebook and tells Pittsburgh’s Action News 4, the fight started when one girl wanted to use the bathroom stall to vape, but she was told she wasn’t allowed by the Muslim student, as she exited the stall.,
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is now calling for a state and federal investigation because the student who was attacked is Muslim.
In the video, she is wearing a hijab and is pushed to the ground and punched by another student, while trying to block the punches. At one point she appears to throw a counter punch. But she is ultimately sent to the ground and hit repeatedly.
Safdar Khwaja, president of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, says that after the video ended the attack continued, leaving the 14-year-old victim with a concussion. Khwaja said she was taken to Children’s Hospital by ambulance and had to be admitted overnight for treatment.
Khwaja said the victim moved to the United States with her family a few years ago from Syria after spending two years in a refugee camp.
“They were fleeing anarchy, violence, and the complete breakdown of the social system, governing system so they came to a civilized place and we all assured them this is the most civilized place in the world. To see this kind of violence take place, it’s very disappointing,” said Khwaja.
High school senior Alexis Work posted the video on Facebook and tells Pittsburgh’s Action News 4, the fight started when one girl wanted to use the bathroom stall to vape, but she was told she wasn’t allowed by the Muslim student, as she exited the stall.
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