Eight students were suspended after a video showed a beating at a South African school

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Eight students were suspended after a video showed a beating at a South African school

South African authorities have arrested eight students linked to an alleged molestation case that has sparked national outrage.

A video showing the horrific attack at Milnerton High School in Cape Town last week has been shared widely on social media.

Several boys are seen beating fellow Pupil with various objects, including a hockey stick, a hose pipe and a belt. According to reports, the boy is one of the nine accused in the attack.

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Organizations and political parties have rejected this incident, which happened on October 16, while the police have confirmed that a case of attack has been opened.

The mother of the 16-year-old boy attacked in the video told Local News Online, News24, that her son had cancer and completed his chemotherapy earlier this year.

“My child has just been diagnosed with cancer [only] Something like that is happening to him,” he was quoted as saying.

Later, my uncle told the local broadcaster that the boy was removed from the school.

Among those speaking out was Amnesty International South Africa, which said the video was “deeply disturbing” and called it “An Action of Reason”.

The video, which is more than two minutes long, shows the boy pleading with his attackers to stop beating him.

While he was making this elaborate request, one of the boys hit him again with a belt, causing laughter from some of the others.

Some of the boys were also seen making funny faces and cheering the boy’s attackers as the camera panned into the room.

“No child should have to endure such cruelty in that space [pupils] must be safe and protected from harm,” said the international human rights organization in a post on X.

The Department of Education in South Africa said it had been in contact with the Department of Education in the Western Cape, which was against the school, and confirmed that the suspended students could face disciplinary actions.

The Provincial Department said they are “treating this matter seriously in terms of consent information”.

Both agencies have urged the public not to share the video of the attack or the details of those involved, saying this “not only hurts the victim but also undermines the rights and dignity of all [pupils] got involved”.

The chairman of Parliament’s Education Committee also shared his “complete shock and deep concern” over the video.

Joy Maimula said the incident “does not appear to be exploitation but the limits of assault – a criminal case that requires urgent and decisive action from all relevant authorities”.

On Wednesday afternoon, angry parents staged a protest outside the school, which is still open.