Girls Under 14 ID'd in Lleida Child Beating Video
- Two girls under 14 identified as aggressors in Lleida plaza beating of another girl on unspecified recent date, third girl filmed attack. - Victim's mother said "me da vergüenza ajena" and "no sabía ni que había un video" upon seeing footage. - Suspects legally unaccountable under Spanish law due to age under 14; case referred to social services.
Police in Lleida, Spain, identified two girls under 14 as the aggressors in a brutal beating of another girl captured on video in Plaça de la Llotja, local media reported Wednesday. A third girl filmed the attack, which showed the victim repeatedly kicked and punched while on the ground. The suspects cannot be criminally charged because Spanish law sets the minimum age of criminal responsibility at 14. ### What exactly showed in the beating video? The video, which circulated widely on social media, depicts two girls attacking a peer in the central Plaça de la Llotja in Lleida, a city of about 140,000 in Catalonia. The aggressors, both under 14, deliver multiple kicks to the victim's head and body while she lies defenseless on the pavement. A third girl, also a minor, records the incident on her phone without intervening, according to details from Segre.com. Lleida's Mossos d'Esquadra police force reviewed the footage after it surfaced online. The attack lasted under a minute but involved sustained violence, with the victim attempting to shield her face. No weapons were used, but the blows targeted vulnerable areas, prompting public outrage on
