Toronto police are investigating after a video showing a woman who claimed to be pregnant being beaten by three other women appeared online over the weekend.
The video, which police say was reported to them by two American web users, begins with the women arguing outside a Burger King franchise on Yonge Street while young men both off and on camera shout encouragements.
As the argument escalates, the male recording the confrontation yells ‘Hit that crackhead! Hit her!’ and the victim lashes out with her jacket, knocking a bottle from the hand one of the group.
The other females then attack back, knocking her to the ground where she tries to protect herself with her hands while the other girls kick her in the head and torso. During the assault which lasts about 30 seconds, the person holding the camera continues to record and does nothing to intervene.
Police say they have interviewed the woman being beaten in the video and confirmed she is not pregnant. The identities of the assailants are still unknown.
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