A Canberra woman who intervened in a public attack on a high school girl says several other members of the public ignored the violent assault.
A Canberra woman who intervened in a public attack on a teenage school girl says she was stunned to see other members of the public continue to walk by, labelling the behaviour as "disgraceful".A witness says around 30 teenagers were involved in a public assault on a high school student
Tennille Topley, 35, said her family had just stopped for petrol at a service station in Mawson on Thursday afternoon when she spotted a commotion allegedly involving "about 30 teenagers". Ms Topley said she called a police station in Canberra's south rather than triple-0, and told an officer she had witnessed an attack, urging police to come quickly as the teen "was not okay".
She said about 10 minutes later a car driven by the mother of the injured girl's friend arrived to take the teen to safety.Tennille Topley took to social media to express her frustration that other adults didn't intervene.In a statement, an ACT Policing spokesman said police had attended the scene but could not confirm their response time.
Ms Topley said the most disturbing part of the incident was that she was the only person to help the girl.
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