Nine News Website wrote:UPDATE 11.33am: NO extra security will be brought in at a northeastern suburbs high school where a student was attacked by a gang of youths.
The 15-year-old boy was allegedly punched to the ground and kicked in a frenzied attack at Macleod College about 1.30pm on Monday.
The gang, believed to be of Somali and Asian descent, allegedly arrived at the school in a van before running through the grounds and setting upon the boy.
Principal Kathie Gardner said the attack was an isolated incident and teachers were now conducting extra patrols outside of class times.
But she said there were no plans to employ extra security at the school.
"It's a very, very serious incident, but it's an isolate incident," she told 3AW.
Ms Gardner said the school did not have a race problem.
"There's no sense of racial tension at the school," she said.
"We are absolutely proud of our multicultural student mix here."
Police are investigating the bashing, which is thought to have been a revenge attack for a water balloon-throwing incident involving the boy and a Somali student at the school last Friday.
The boy's father "Stephen'' told 3AW his son was sitting eating lunch with a friend when he was set upon by the gang.
"He was in a pretty sticky position, he didn't have anywhere to run,'' he said.
"He was punched and kicked to the ground.
"It started off with punching. You can see by the injuries to his face that he's really copped a few good whacks to the face around the eyes and mouth.
"Once they got him on the ground it was kicking.''
Some reports suggest the gang may have been armed with planks of wood or wooden bats.
Stephen said friends who tried to intervene, including a young girl, were also assaulted by the gang.
The gang then fled the school in a Tarago van.
He said his son returned to school yesterday and the gang of youths also returned and was hanging around outside the school.
He said he had met with the principal following the attack and that his son was still shaken by the incident.
Youth worker Les Twentyman said gangs invading schools to continue disputes that happen outside school hours are becoming a major issue.
"Quite often things that happen outside a school can bring about incidents inside a school,'' Mr Twentyman said.
"It's becoming a major problem and teachers are now saying they are refusing to do yard duty because it's an unsafe environment.''
Mr Twentyman said youth workers attached to schools could help to diffuse the problem.
A police spokeswoman confirmed that up to 15 males entered the school during the lunch break and assaulted three boys, two of which had come to the original victim’s defence.
"Police are investigating an affray at the school and whether the parties were known to each other,’’ she said.
Guys
I dont usually do this but this is an issue that is very close to me
This attack was actually at my school and the guy who was bashed was actually a friend of mine
Their calling it a race war or 'racially motivated'. I tend not to agree with this. They are claiming that these people who attacked him were from somalian or asian decent.
Im friends with alot of people in my school and i dont discriminate against any other cultures or religions. The fact that they are calling this a racial war is absolute crap. Alot of the somalian people at my school couldnt really give a damn about this sort of stuff and this fight was instigated over a little playground dispute. Like in any school. I actually witnessed the original dispute last friday. It was over the boy who got bashed, who ill name "Joe" and the boy who was apart of it which called on this attack "Barry".
It was a warm day and people at my school usually cool down by having a water fight, pretty normal in any school, even though its against the rules. Anyway, Joe threw a water bomb at Barry and barry couldnt cut it and got in Joes face about it. They had a little tussle, no punches were thrown just pushing and shoving. From how that escalated to 15 youths coming to my school and bashing Joe i dont know...For something as small as getting hit with a water ballon..Just wouldnt be worth it.
I saw Joe the other day and he is pretty beat up. He almost lost the vision in one of his eyes and actually has a bit of memory loss over the attack. If it wasnt for the girl who tried to interveen, he would of lost all the sight in that eye.
These attacks are sick, and to be honest, in my school the punishments are absolute bullshit. 1-3 day suspension. Thats it.
I want to know your guys oppinions on this issue....
has anyone been charged yet?
