Video captures violent assault on train

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Authorities are investigating aft video captured a convulsive battle involving students connected SEPTA's Broad Street Line.

According to the transit agency, the incidental happened aft schoolhouse Wednesday, astir 3:30 p.m., connected a bid adjacent the Erie Station.

The video shows what appears to beryllium a pistillate pupil yelling astatine a radical of different students, who look to beryllium of Asian descent, sitting connected the train. The altercation rapidly escalates.

In the video, 1 of the pistillate students, present a suspect, is seen throwing a punch. The radical of victims beryllium and effort to shield themselves.

One of the suspects gets into the look of different pistillate pupil who is standing. Then the suspect's attraction goes backmost to the students who are sitting.

More obscenities are shouted and past the concern turns much violent.

The pistillate pupil who is lasting gets deed successful the look aggregate times. Then her caput is slammed against the broadside of the bid and she is taken to the ground. She is punched and stomped connected repeatedly.

One of the suspects is seen taking disconnected her footwear and hits the unfortunate repeatedly.

Then you perceive someone's dependable and the video stops.

"SEPTA Police were notified and instantly launched an investigation. Progress has been made successful identifying individuals who were progressive successful the assault. Investigators are continuing to interrogation witnesses and reviewing compartment telephone video that has been released connected societal media, arsenic good arsenic SEPTA surveillance video," SEPTA Media Relations Director Andrew Busch said successful a statement.

SEPTA Police Chief Thomas Nestel says helium expects arrests to beryllium made soon aft the victims are capable to place the suspects.

At this point, SEPTA constabulary haven't said what caused the onslaught to happen, but adhd they're moving intimately with the Philadelphia School District to get to the bottommost of it.

No superior injuries were reported, officials said.

Anyone with accusation connected this incidental is asked to interaction SEPTA constabulary astatine (215) 580-8111 oregon Philadelphia constabulary astatine 215-686-TIPS.