A mother was in disbelief after she was sent a viral video of her 9-year-old daughter being attacked on the school bus by a group of boys in Homestead, Florida. At least one of the students involved has been arrested.

The mother said her daughter is a third grader at Coconut Palm K-8 Academy, but one of the boys who assaulted her was in the eighth grade.

A clip from a viral video showing boys attacking a female third-grade student on a school bus in Homestead, Florida. (Photo: Screenshot from Twitter @homesteadsocial)

“I got sent the video of my daughter getting attacked by an older kid,” the mother, who wanted to remain anonymous, told Local 10 News.

The footage shows two boys standing over the girl and repeatedly hitting her while she holds one arm over her head, trying to protect herself, and her other arm clutches tight onto her backpack. No other students or adults intervened to stop the attack. Instead, they gathered around in a circle standing over the helpless girl.

The two boys that attacked the girl were 14 and 7. The mother also confirmed that there were at least two adults on the bus as well.

The incident took place around 4:10 p.m. on Wednesday, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. They stated that they checked the two boys for injuries and then released them to their parents.

“All ages are on that bus, and it’s overfilled,” the mother told Local News 10. “It’s very crazy because there’s all this yelling going on in the bus and the two adults on the bus – the bus (driver) and the bus aide, only sit in the front.”

Source: 14-Year-Old Student Arrested In Vicious Attack Against 9-Year-Old Girl on a Florida School Bus; Principal Advises Victim’s Mother to Withdraw Her Children from the School

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