As we reported earlier, the first evening of the drunken rite of passage and orgy of regrettable social media posts that is schoolies week at the Gold Coast was marked by an entirely expected round of arrests for drugs and public nuisance. However, various sources are also saying that a young woman was violently assaulted overnight.
Seven News report that, in the early hours of this morning, a teenage girl was attacked by “a group of female revelers” near the waterfront at Surfers Paradise. Footage reportedly shows the woman being punched in the face repeatedly, “before having her head slammed into a steel fence.” Reportedly, a man who stepped in to try and help was also attacked.
Face and hair matted with blood. The victim of a savage attack at Schoolies in Surfers Paradise. @7NewsBrisbane pic.twitter.com/oF5GzjsZFr
— Josh Adsett (@joshadsett) November 22, 2014
Girl ‘repeatedly punched and face slammed into fence’ at schoolies on the Gold Coast http://t.co/yHhQJSud70 pic.twitter.com/rBmF9aTqxM
— Emma Reynolds (@emmareyn) November 23, 2014
There haven’t been any further updates, but we hope she pulled up okay.
In addition to the arrest of 19 schoolies overnight, police picked up 35 toolies – aka older people who should probably damn well know better – on an array of charges, mainly public nuisance.
The Esplanade is still closed to traffic. Here’s why! #Schoolies #SchooliesGC pic.twitter.com/07dWruVAKz
— QPS Media Unit (@QPSmedia) November 22, 2014
Hundreds of police and thousands of volunteers to keep an eye on schoolies. Story tonight @7NewsBrisbane #7News pic.twitter.com/AlkCIgeZmc
— Kendall Gilding (@Kendall_Gilding) November 22, 2014
Elsewhere, News Limited report that a pair of 17-year-old men were arrested at South Australian schoolies celebrations with 100 ecstasy tablets, and both have been bailed to appear in court again in January.
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