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A BRAWL between a group of parents and students allegedly sparked by Facebook slurs yesterday descended into a police station being put into lockdown.
The fight erupted between female students and parents outside Hoxton Park High School, after it closed.
Police were forced to use capsicum spray on some of the adults involved as stunned students watched on.
Six men and women aged between 26 and 50 were arrested.
Some of those involved say the incident began when a Muslim student was allegedly attacked by a mob of year 9 school girls.
The alleged victim of the mob attack claimed she was bashed by about 10 "Australian girls" at the school and the attack was racially motivated.
"I don't know why they chose me. I'm feeling really hurt and worried about what happened," she said.
She said the attack followed anti-Islamic slurs allegedly made on a fellow student's Facebook page.
Parents said this was not the first time such attacks had occurred, and some gathered at the school following the alleged attack on the girl.
The group of arrested people was taken to Green Valley police station.
But rumours then spread, also on Facebook, suggesting the fight was racially motivated and that police had removed the veil of a Muslim woman during the protest that followed.
An angry mob descended on the police station, with a witness saying hundreds of youths threw projectiles at officers.
The police helicopter, dog squad and riot officers were believed to have been called in. Police declined to comment on the alleged attack.
Daily Telegraph
The fight erupted between female students and parents outside Hoxton Park High School, after it closed.
Police were forced to use capsicum spray on some of the adults involved as stunned students watched on.
Six men and women aged between 26 and 50 were arrested.
Some of those involved say the incident began when a Muslim student was allegedly attacked by a mob of year 9 school girls.
The alleged victim of the mob attack claimed she was bashed by about 10 "Australian girls" at the school and the attack was racially motivated.
"I don't know why they chose me. I'm feeling really hurt and worried about what happened," she said.
She said the attack followed anti-Islamic slurs allegedly made on a fellow student's Facebook page.
Parents said this was not the first time such attacks had occurred, and some gathered at the school following the alleged attack on the girl.
The group of arrested people was taken to Green Valley police station.
But rumours then spread, also on Facebook, suggesting the fight was racially motivated and that police had removed the veil of a Muslim woman during the protest that followed.
An angry mob descended on the police station, with a witness saying hundreds of youths threw projectiles at officers.
The police helicopter, dog squad and riot officers were believed to have been called in. Police declined to comment on the alleged attack.
Daily Telegraph
