00:00 [Bike sounds]
00:02 On September 14, in Quezon City, a group of students were seen with their classmates helping them study.
00:08 The victim was already on the road.
00:13 Even though it was raining, they continued to kick and hit the child.
00:19 [Bike sounds]
00:21 Some motorists tried to stop the chaos.
00:25 [Bike sounds]
00:27 This is where others escaped.
00:30 Until now, there are still many injuries and bruises that 14-year-old Hazel has received.
00:38 She is not a real name.
00:40 What do you feel in your body? Does it still hurt? What are the wounds you have received?
00:45 What else? Go ahead, tell us.
00:47 I have bruises in my eyes and it's all calluses.
00:51 I can't move my neck properly. I can't turn my head.
00:56 Hazel is now in a hurry to return to her hometown, which is known for its bombing.
01:01 She is just a new opera singer in the appendix.
01:04 They know that I have an opera.
01:06 That was the first time they kicked my opera.
01:10 After they kicked you, what did they do to you?
01:12 They kicked me in the face and they pulled me by the women who were wearing skirts.
01:18 Her cellphone was broken and she couldn't use it anymore.
01:22 I was holding my cellphone while they were beating me.
01:26 At that time, it was raining heavily so my cellphone was wet.
01:32 Did you bring your cellphone?
01:34 This is the one here.
01:36 So it fell on the cement?
01:38 Yes.
01:39 The receiver also found out that Hazel is just a new student in their school and the students who were hurt by her.
01:46 She used to be friends with them.
01:48 What went wrong?
01:50 We were okay.
01:52 Our vice president was chatting with us.
01:56 He said that you were having a drink.
02:01 My parents know that I didn't go to school because I was sick.
02:07 This is the CCTV camera outside the school.
02:13 We can see a group of students who are gathering.
02:17 We can see who and how started the fight.
02:22 Hazel is the victim.
02:24 We can see her standing by the students.
02:27 She will approach another student from the street.
02:32 This is also the one who confronted her.
02:34 They were talking and answering each other.
02:37 In the middle of the heavy rain, the students who approached Hazel are continuously kicking her.
02:43 Hazel is the victim. She was pushed to the street.
02:47 This is where the fight started.
02:49 This is where they were kicking her.
02:51 They were hitting her.
02:55 Hazel's mother was also furious.
02:58 We were so angry.
03:00 We were so angry that we couldn't hurt her.
03:07 We can see that they treat other people like that.
03:12 It hurts us that they treat our daughter like that.
03:19 Let's wait and see if the students will find the person who hit Hazel.
03:25 What is the cause of the fight?
03:38 Whatever you say to us, to make your children laugh,
03:44 it hurts as a parent.
03:48 It really hurts.
03:49 It hurts so much what your children did.
03:53 A group of students made a fight and kicked their fellow students in Quezon City.
04:01 What is the cause of this physical fight outside the school?
04:05 The victim was so jealous and she was even talking about it.
04:09 Oh my God! That's a deadly combination.
04:12 They were staring at me in the chat.
04:16 Tomboy said that he is a classmate of mine.
04:20 He said to me, "We'll meet tomorrow when you come in."
04:26 He said, "I'll wait for you tomorrow."
04:27 He was telling our classmates and our president that
04:32 he came to his house and drank alcohol.
04:35 He said that he went to his house.
04:37 I didn't come there. I was sick at that time.
04:41 When we chatted again, he said that we'll talk outside.
04:46 When we got home, I said that I'll talk to him.
04:51 When we went out of the gate,
04:54 they were already there.
04:56 He said that we'll talk.
04:59 It suddenly rained.
05:03 I was shocked. He suddenly tied me up.
05:06 Hazel doesn't know what to do while she is being beaten by the group.
05:10 It hurts because I'm not hurting my own family.
05:15 I was so angry.
05:19 My heart was breaking.
05:22 Of course, we are not hurting them.
05:26 We can see that they treat other people like that.
05:31 At that time, I felt like my body was about to collapse.
05:38 I thought that my opera was over.
05:42 At that time, I was thinking that I might not be able to go home.
05:47 I might not be able to see my whole family.
05:50 But Hazel was so angry that she stopped a tricycle driver in front of them to stop the traffic.
05:56 He pushed me first.
06:02 Then, he attacked me.
06:06 At that time, the driver said that I should go inside the tricycle and I'll take you to the barangay.
06:12 The receiver went to the street of Gulo.
06:15 This is where we met the tricycle driver, Isa Gani.
06:19 I was about to go home when I saw my son.
06:23 I thought that they were just fighting.
06:26 But they were not fighting.
06:29 They were beating a woman.
06:31 The child was in pain.
06:35 I helped him.
06:37 I held him and I beat him.
06:40 Until he stopped.
06:43 The other troops also helped me to fight.
06:47 You can see here that they were beating each other.
06:51 It was really sad.
06:53 While the group was holding each other, he saw someone holding a screwdriver.
06:57 One of the attackers, Hazel, was in a rage.
07:01 She was about to go home because of the grip.
07:04 They threw them away because we were holding them.
07:08 They didn't want to let us hold them.
07:10 We put our hands on them to push them.
07:13 Maybe they were really angry.
07:16 Maybe they would have continued beating the child.
07:19 Hazel was immediately taken to the barangay hall.
07:21 Eight students beat her.
07:24 And the screwdriver that was held by one of the attackers, Hazel,
07:27 was hidden by their Violence Against Women and Children of BAUSI officer.
07:32 I asked him what the screwdriver was for.
07:36 The child told me that it was just a threat.
07:39 He said that he wouldn't continue beating the victim.
07:45 Of course, ma'am, I was scared.
07:47 Because they were minors.
07:49 How could they control their emotions?
07:53 And the victim was beaten.
07:56 She was dead.
07:58 The two students tried to fix the situation,
08:00 but Hazel's family decided to continue the case.
08:03 They didn't agree, ma'am.
08:06 And those minors, they didn't have any charges.
08:11 They had an intervention to find out.
08:15 They had three hearings.
08:17 One week after the incident,
08:19 the barangay called again for the first hearing in Lupon.
08:24 The eight children who were beaten by Hazel were facing slight physical injuries.
08:30 Who was the one who beat her?
08:32 You.
08:33 You beat her?
08:34 Because of what?
08:35 Because she was lying.
08:38 I'll ask you, son.
08:39 Did she really lie?
08:42 What should she do?
08:43 Should she pull and hit her?
08:45 Answer me.
08:46 She did.
08:47 So you believe that you did wrong?
08:49 Yes.
08:50 Did you blame her or defend her?
08:52 I blamed her.
08:53 Who was the one who kicked her?
08:54 Because they were the ones who beat you.
08:56 Who was the one who kicked you?
08:57 They didn't beat me because they had their own reasons.
09:01 The child who was kicked and hit by Hazel asked for forgiveness.
09:06 What should you do if you did wrong?
09:09 I'll forgive you.
09:10 I'm sorry for what I did.
09:12 I'll forgive you.
09:13 I know that I did wrong because I was a good son.
09:18 Other members of the group also asked for a dispense for what they did to Hazel.
09:23 I said I was sorry because I was also involved in the beating.
09:29 I'm sorry if we fought.
09:33 We're friends, I know that.
09:36 But Hazel and her mother won't just get an apology.
09:42 What do you want to happen to them?
09:46 What do you want to be the result of their discussion?
09:49 I'll continue with the case.
09:53 You'll continue?
09:54 Yes, I'll continue.
09:55 Despite the request of the government, your patience is still left.
09:59 I'll continue with the case.
10:00 There's no more discussion.
10:01 There's no more discussion.
10:02 I'm sorry for what I did.
10:05 I'm sorry for what I did.
10:08 I hope you'll forgive me.
10:10 I'm sorry for what I did.
10:12 Sister, no matter what you tell us, that you'll forgive your children,
10:17 of course, it's painful as a parent.
10:21 It's really painful.
10:24 What your children did.
10:27 But you hurt your children.
10:29 We won't do that to them.
10:32 We'll continue with the case.
10:34 You know that.
10:35 Of course, it's really painful for us.
10:37 So, you won't blame us if we continue with the case against them.
10:42 So that they'll be given a lesson, a proper discipline.
10:50 If you don't discipline your children, your nieces, you won't be disciplined.
10:55 Maybe in a different way, they'll be disciplined.
10:59 We heard the pain of each one of them.
11:05 We became partners here.
11:08 But the next thing you'll hear is what the party wants to complain about.
11:15 If the two sides still don't agree after three hearings,
11:19 Hazel's parents will be given Certificate to File Action or CFA
11:24 to continue the complaint to the police station or the fiscal.
11:27 But because the assaults against Hazel are only 14 years old,
11:32 they'll be brought to the shelter of Quezon City Social Welfare and Development
11:36 if the perpetrator is proven guilty.
11:38 At the moment, the principal has ordered the transfer of students who were assaulted by Hazel to other schools.
11:46 Whenever and wherever, there's no place for violence in the society.
11:50 There's no criminal liability for minors.
11:53 There's a penalty for them if they're involved in a riot,
11:56 including their parents.
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