"Hey, Fight That Guy" Victimized Yecheon High School Student Faces School Violence Again

Perpetrating Students Claim "We Hit as Seniors"
Concerns Over Leak of 'Confidential' School Violence Committee Deliberation Results

High school students in Yecheon, Gyeongbuk, assaulted a junior student under the pretext of "education," prompting the police and educational authorities to launch an investigation. It was found that the victim had been forced by other seniors to engage in a so-called "match fight" with a classmate two months earlier.

According to the Gyeongbuk Provincial Police Agency and Gyeongbuk Office of Education on the 23rd, at around 5:14 p.m. the previous day, two second-year high school students were caught on a passerby's cellphone video each hitting first-year student A from the same school on the rooftop of a commercial building in Homyeong-myeon, Yecheon-gun.

Although A showed no visible injuries, the police separated A and the perpetrators and took A to a nearby hospital to send him to his guardian.

The perpetrators told the police, "As seniors, we each hit him once (for educational purposes)." It was reported that they took A out of school by taxi and traveled about 10 km.

Seniors in Yecheon force juniors into 'match fights' under a bridge... Video spreads

Video of school violence that occurred last June in Yecheon, Gyeongbuk. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Earlier, on June 24th, A was forced by school seniors under a bridge in Yecheon-eup to engage in a physical fight with a classmate from another school and was investigated as a victim of school violence by the educational authorities. The video of the incident circulated among students in the Yecheon area, causing controversy.

The video shows the perpetrator repeatedly punching and kicking. However, the perpetrator reportedly claimed, "I had no choice but to assault under the coercion of upperclassmen," expressing victimization.

The victim was investigated as a victim of school violence by the educational authorities after being forced by school seniors to fight a classmate from another school under a bridge in Yecheon-eup on June 24th. According to Article 21 of the School Violence Prevention Act, "prohibition of disclosure of secrets," the results of the school violence committee's deliberation are kept confidential.

A Gyeongbuk Office of Education official stated, "The seniors involved in the previous under-bridge school violence incident are completely different from these seniors, so this is not retaliatory school violence," adding, "We will pay more attention to the school's and school violence committee's deliberations to prevent further incidents."

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