An East Lothian Instagram page which encourages local youths as young as eleven to post violent fights has been branded "horrific" by concerned parents.
The Instagram page entitled East Lothian Fights attracted 140 followers and featured five violent videos of youngsters engaging in dangerous scraps.
In one video a teenage girl is repeatedly punched to the head by another girl on the backseat of a bus while a group of the attacker’s pals laugh in the background.
The aggressor wearing white is seen to punch and kick her victim as the youngster cowers in the corner of the bus.
Friends of the victim can be heard shouting comment such as: “That’s shan [wrong]” and “That’s it now, leave it - that’s it, leave it.”
A second sickening video featured on the page, shows two young men punching each other in the head before falling to the ground and kicking lumps out each over.
The disturbing page was suddenly taken down last night after being set up around a week ago and the majority of the fights posted on the page are understood to have been filmed in the Tranent area of the local authority.
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Disgusted parents took to social media to slam the Instagram account which encourages its followers to “send in fight or arguing” clips.
One mum said: “I can’t believe what I’ve just watched. Came across this Instagram page called ‘east lothian fights’ and there’s kids I know (friends kids) following and liking the videos.
“It has made me feel sick - how can kids find this entertaining? The page needs shut down.”
Another sickened parent posted: “I think I recognise some of these kids, it’s horrific. This page needs to be reported as some of these girls are 11-years-old.”
While a third added: “All videos seem to be in Tranent. That bus video of a gang of young females about 14-year-olds beating up another young lass is horrific.”
