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16-year-old charged after video surfaces of fight at Rock Hill school

ROCK HILL, S.C. — A 16-year-old student was charged after cellphone video surfaced Wednesday of a brutal attack at a school in Rock Hill.

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It happened Wednesday morning in a bathroom at South Pointe High School, where the video shows a girl getting punched, thrown into a bathroom stall and kicked while she was on the floor.

Other girls, who stood and watched and recorded it on their phones, also face school discipline and possible charges.

Channel 9 was told parents saw the video after it was posted on Facebook and sent it to the Rock Hill Police Department.

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