Police arrest 2 minors for beating 12-year-old girl in Tel Aviv 2 months ago

Police have arrested two minors suspected of participating in the beating of a 12-year-old girl on a sidewalk in south Tel Aviv two months ago, after footage of the incident began circulating on social media in recent days.

The pair, both 14-year-old girls, were detained for questioning this evening as part of an ongoing investigation into the incident.

The adolescents seen assaulting the girl are reportedly part of SSQ, a criminal gang made up of youths active in Shapira, a neighborhood of south Tel Aviv, Channel 12 News reports.

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The family of the girl has claimed she was targeted by the group in an act of revenge against her brother, who filed a police complaint against some of the gang’s members after they robbed him earlier this year.

She had been on her way home from school when the group ambushed her, pulling her hair, breaking a tooth and stealing her cell phone. She was lightly injured in the beating and required medical treatment after the fact, police say.

An additional suspect, a 15-year-old girl, was arrested earlier in the investigation, but has since been released under restrictive conditions, police add in their statement.