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A man was caught on camera brutally kicking a teenage girl in the face after a fight over her not wearing a face mask on a bus.
In the video, a middle-aged couple and a girl, who police say was 16 years old, have an angry argument because she does not wear a face mask on the crowded bus.
A random passenger intervenes, knocking the man down and savagely hitting his head, apparently in retaliation for hurting the young woman, who was also allegedly racially abused.
The incident occurred around 5.40pm on October 1 on a bus in West Bromwich, West Midlands.
Police said they are investigating a complaint that a teenage girl was racially abused and attacked.
It is unknown who filmed the clip, however the images have been circulating on social media.
The video begins with the older couple having a heated argument with the girl, who is believed to be 16 years old, for not wearing a mask.
The man yells at the teenager: “All I’m saying is put the mask on! I am not a racist, but the virus is more common in blacks and Asians. Put on your damn mask. “
The teenager answers them before the enraged middle-aged woman yells, “Why do I have to get on the bus and hold you sitting next to us without a mask?”
The three passengers continue to yell at each other and the man is heard telling the teenager that he is more likely to kill people if he does not put on a mask: “You are more likely to kill people than I tell you verbally.”
The woman yells at the teenager for not wearing the mask: “You can’t spread something if you have it and spread it among people.”
The couple demands that the girl wear her mask and the passengers have a shouting match, before the middle-aged woman yells at the teenager: “If you weren’t 16, I’d knock you out.”
The young passengers challenge the woman to fight with her while other passengers plead with the middle-aged couple to stop arguing with the girl.
Finally, the other passengers demand that the couple leave the bus.
As the pair walk away, the man turns around and surprisingly kicks the teenager right in her face.
The young passenger yells in disbelief at the attack.
Another passenger intervenes and admonishes the man for kicking the young woman.
He was heard yelling, “What are you doing you piece of shit? I’ll kill you.”
The random passenger forcefully throws the man to the floor of the bus so that he falls flat on his face.
The passenger then savagely hits the man’s head before shoving the short-tempered couple out of the vehicle.
A West Midlands Police spokesman said: “We are investigating after a teenager was racially abused and attacked on a bus in Hill Top, West Bromwich.”
“An argument broke out on Bus 79 in Moxley around 5.40pm on October 1, before a fellow traveler racially abused the 16-year-old and kicked her.
He was then thrown to the ground by another passenger, who then smashed his head.
“We have spoken with the girl and we are examining mobile phone images that have been shared on social media.”
They added: “We take racially aggravated crimes very seriously and our investigations continue.”
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