Girl attacked after cyberbully ordeal: teen, 15, taunted on Facebook and BBM


Date: June 13, 2012
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Name of article: Girl attacked after cyberbully ordeal: teen, 15, taunted on Facebook and BBM

Name of journalist: Candice Bailey

Name of newspaper: The Star

Date: 09 February 2012

Country: South Africa

Theme: Gender violence

Skills: Perspective, images

Genre: News

GEM Classification: Gender Aware

First they called her fat and threw diet pills at her. Then they took to Facebook and blackberry’s BBM chat service with a series of threats, name calling and nasty comments. And when that wasn’t enough, the four Krugersdorp High schoolgirls marched up to the 15 year old pupils and hit her over the head with glass juice bottle. The attack during the first interval of the school on January 30 was filmed. The video was recorded by another pupil, who had allegedly been asked the attacker to film the confrontation. In it, the attacker, wearing a pink headband, is seen walking across the school field, playing with the bottle.

 


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