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Woman Beaten In Toronto By 3 Females: Police Probe Street Confrontation (GRAPHIC VIDEO)

Graphic Video Shows Women Beaten By 3 Females In Toronto
WorldStarHipHop.com

UPDATE: Global is reporting that a 15-year-old has been arrested and charged with assault causing bodily harm in connection to the Yonge St. beating.

UPDATE: The woman beaten in this video is not pregnant, despite her claims to the contrary, Toronto Police have told The National Post: “She's not pregnant," Const. Tony Vella told the newspaper. Vella said police have an idea who the suspects are and that arrests and charges could happen soon. Read more here.

Original Post:

Police are investigating an ugly confrontation in downtown Toronto in which a pregnant woman was beaten by three young women, while others watched.

The vicious altercation was caught on video and posted to WorldStarHipHop.com under the title ‘Preggo Dope Fiend Gets Jumped By Hood Chicks In Toronto For Talkin Mess!’ It was also posted to YouTube, but was later removed, The Toronto Sun reports:

The beating appears to take place at night outside a 24-hour Burger King restaurant on the east side of Yonge St., south of Dundas St W. Harsh words are exchanged between what appears to be a Native woman possibly in her early 30s and three younger women – one Caucasian and two black.

The video shows the pregnant woman yelling ‘This is my land!.’ The young women trade profanities. When the pregnant woman snaps her coat at another female, a pile-on occurs. The pregnant woman lies helpless on the sidewalk as three females punch and kick her in the head and stomach. It is not known when the incident took place.

Toronto Police said the video came to their attention after they were notified by two Americans who had spotted it on the WorldStarHipHop website. As The Toronto Star reports:

While she is being beaten, the person holding the camera does not try to intervene to stop the beating. In fact, the person moves in to record the action from close range. At the end of the beating, a young woman spits on the victim.

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Warning: The video contains graphic violence and profane language. Discretion is advised.

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