Hong Kong police search for girls after video showing 12-year-old slapped 20 times in the face goes viral


A video that went viral showing a 12-year-old girl kneeling and being slapped in the face about 20 times by a group of teenagers in broad daylight on the rooftop of a Hong Kong building has sparked a citywide police search for the attackers.

Detectives from the Tsuen Wan criminal investigation unit began looking into the assault after the victim’s father made a report to police at 6.43pm on Sunday.

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