Knife pulled on student in horrific western Sydney school bashing

Horrific video has emerged of a teenage boy threatening a classmate with a knife before the victim is set upon with kicks and punches. Warning: Graphic

Horrific video has emerged of a teenage boy pulling a large knife on one of his peers and bashing him in the toilets of a western Sydney high school.

The 35-second clip was posted to social media on Tuesday, showing a student from Chifley College’s Bidwill campus pulling out a large kitchen knife and holding it towards one of his peers in the boy’s toilets, before repeatedly punching him.

The video shows the aggressor push the victim toward the bathroom wall, before pointing the knife at his head and body and repeatedly punching him.

The victim suffers several blows to his face and head, before another two boys jump in and kick and punch him.

It does not appear that the young victim was stabbed during the attack.

The video shows a student pull a knife from the waistband of his pants.

Screen grabs of a brawl in a boys bathroom at Chifley College in Bidwill.

The horrific video shows the victim cowering in fear and trying to protect his face from the attack.

NSW Police were called to the school following the incident on February 6, and the alleged aggressor was charged.

It’s understood he has since left the public education system.

All other students involved in the incident were suspended, but not charged, including those who entered the toilets to watch.

Education Minister and Deputy Premier Prue Car said the vision was “horrifying”.

“The behaviour depicted in this video is horrifying and should not occur anywhere – let alone in our schools, where all children should feel safe,” she said.

“NSW schools have zero tolerance for violent behaviour, and I understand the school took swift action in response to this incident.”

In a statement, the NSW Department of Education told the Telegraph the incident was treated very seriously.

“All incidents are treated seriously and investigated, including by the police, with support offered to impacted students or staff,” they said.

The victim was offered counselling and was understood to have been transitioned to another Chifley College campus.

Video of the horrific incident has been circulated on social media.

The same month the shocking incident took place, a bullying seminar took place for students at Chifley College’s Bidwill campus.

The incident occurred amid Sydney’s youth knife crime crisis, with Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research numbers revealing police took action against at least 275 youths for weapon offences across Sydney in the year to June 30 2024, up from 272 and 242 in the previous same 12-month periods.

In May, the Minns government introduced legislation to give police powers to use handheld scanners, or “wands”, to detect knives without warrants in designated areas such as on public transport or in shopping centres.

The reform was inspired by Queensland’s Jack’s Law, which was brought in after Jack Beasley, 17, was stabbed and killed on a night out.

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