Melbourne teens embroiled in viral and vicious fight club videos

A disturbing fight club craze has swept Melbourne schools with videos of brawls and other sickening acts posted on social media. Watch the shocking footage.

More than 100 fight club videos involving students celebrating violent brawls and other sickening acts have been posted on Instagram in the past six months.

And in the past four weeks, more than 20 videos have been shared to a single social media page alone.

Schools across Melbourne are embroiled in an escalating fight club craze with disturbing footage showing students being thrown to the ground, kicked and stomped on.

Graphic videos show schoolyard fights, including head-stomping and children being set upon by their ­attackers or repeatedly kicked while on the ground.

A schoolgirl has her hair pulled in a sickening video posted online. Picture: Instagram

Students from schools including St Albans Secondary College, Tarneit Senior College, Point Cook Senior College are involved.

One page boasts more than 7000 followers.

It comes just months after the Herald Sun first revealed that schoolchildren were using social media to upload fight club videos and post-brawl images of victims’ bloodied faces and bodies.

In one video, filmed in the schoolyard, a boy throws at least six brutal punches into his victim, who was pinned to the ground, as classmates rush to save him.

Another harrowing video shows a girl corner another into a toilet cubicle, slapping and punching their trapped victim repeatedly.

Footage also shows a large brawl at St Albans train station involving students from nearby schools, with one female student shown pulling another girl’s dreadlocks and dragging her across the ground while she screams for help.

Kids brawl at the St Albans station. Picture: Instagram

Two teens fight at a Melbourne school. Picture: Instagram

High-profile youth worker Les Twentyman said he had warned against teens taking part in filming fight club videos.

“They (teens) could end up seriously hurting someone or they could end up in jail,” Mr Twentyman said.

“We’ve seen recent cases where teens have ended up in court, with videos being used as evidence … their lives can change forever.”

Child psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg said social media companies had the “ethics of a cash register”.

“They are normalising, sanitising and glamorising violence towards young people and its clearly against the policy that government schools have,” Mr Carr-Gregg said.

In August, four teachers from Tarneit Senior College fell victim to an alleged vicious assault by teens while coming to the rescue of a student who was ambushed in an after-school group attack.

A helpless teen is bashed in a playground while another films. Picture: Instagram

A helpless teen is bashed in a playground while another films. Picture: Instagram

A Department of Education spokesman said: “We work actively with community organisations and Victoria Police to address and prevent any violence or conflict outside school grounds.”

“All schools have strong policies in place to address any incidents of violence or bullying and where isolated incidents occur, schools take decisive action, including disciplinary action where appropriate,” the spokesman said.

A Victoria Police spokesman said assaulting someone else was not brave or a piece of fun – it’s a sickening, cowardly act.

“Our advice to those depicted in some of these videos is simple – consider the damage your actions will cause, as the repercussions from a fight don’t always start and end in the schoolyard,” he said.

“When vision of a fight involving students comes to our attention, we work closely with schools to identify those involved and do not hesitate to lay criminal charges.

“Many of these fights are planned in advance so we implore parents and guardians to contact police if they hear about upcoming fights involving children.”