In the shocking footage, the girl can then be seen charging at and grabbing two American tourists, aged 27 and 28, who were believed to be filming the unfolding drama.<\/p>\n
According to the post on social media, one of the tourists claims she suffered a concussion and her hair was ripped out during the incident, which occurred on the very first day her Australia trip. <\/p>\n
The tourist told Crazy News Sydney that she will still be travelling around the country for the next month, and hopes the rest of her trip will be a much better experience. <\/p>\n
Police say the bus driver, the passenger, and the tourists were all assessed at the scene, and no one required medical treatment.<\/p>\n
The two girls were arrested at the scene and taken to the local police station, while the 19-year-old man was issued a move-on directive, which he complied with.<\/p>\n
Following inquiries, the younger girl was charged with common assault (three counts), and the older girl was charged with one count of common assault.<\/p>\n
Both girls were refused bail and are appearing before a Children\u2019s Court today.<\/p>\n
Police say investigations into the incident are continuing.<\/p>\n
Community in crisis<\/p>\n
The video of the brawl has since racked up more than a million views, sparking hundreds of comments from Aussies alarmed by the recent wave of street violence.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome teenagers are becoming too reckless. There should be more prevention and better guidance to avoid these kinds of behaviours,\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow disgusting! This is an embarrassment to our city,\u201d another shared.<\/p>\n
Dozens of others branded the incident as \u201chorrific\u201d and \u201cdisgraceful\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry for the bus driver and that tourists witnessed this horrible behaviour,\u201d a third added.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just amazed that no one intervenes,\u201d someone else wrote.<\/p>\n
Is youth crime on the rise?<\/p>\n
The weekend brawl comes after a series of similar incidents last month,<\/a> where footage captured a wild teen brawl on the eve of the Anzac Day public holiday.<\/p>\n The videos showed a group of young women fighting on the footpath near the busy intersection in Sydney\u2019s CBD. <\/p>\n In one clip, four teenage girls appeared to be kicking and punching someone lying in a garden bed. <\/p>\n In another clip, multiple girls are seen following one girl who is backing away before being hit and thrown to the ground on the tram tracks.<\/p>\n But despite the flood of recent attacks circulating on social media, official data shows youth crime rates are actually decreasing.<\/p>\n The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures revealed that in 2023\u201324, there were 1,764 offenders per 100,000 people aged 10 to 17 \u2014 a 28 per cent decrease over the past ten years.<\/p>\n Assault rates among youth are also down 23 per cent from their 2009 \u2013 2010 peak.<\/p>\n Read related topics:Sydney<\/a><\/p>\n