'I have a black eye, my head hurts every time I speak...everyone at school knows I was beaten up'

A 13-year-old girl who was filmed being kicked and ambushed at a school in Rochdale has spoken out amid warnings that a 'child will lose their life' if similar attacks continue.

The girl was filmed being attacked at a high school on Friday, March 31. The clip was then widely shared on social media.

It appeared to show at least a dozen children surrounding her as she was dragged to the ground by her hair and kicked in the head. The victim has now spoken to Sky News about what happened to her, describing how she found out on social media that there was an attack planned.

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Her half-brother also said he believed the attack was carried out just to be filmed, amid the 'increasingly popular but sickening trend' of videoed fights. The girl, who was just leaving for home after school when she was attacked, did not want to be named or pictured, but said she knows everyone in the school knows what happened.

"I had a black eye. My head hurt every time I spoke", she told Sky about how she felt after the incident. "I couldn't laugh because my head hurt. I couldn't move my neck.

"My back was sore. I have a scar on my knee that they cut open.

"I don't really like walking around now where I know people from the school are going to be, because pretty much everyone in my school knows about it. And I'm kind of glad that I don't have a phone because I feel like I'd just be getting messaged about it all the time."

She no longer has a phone because her attackers stamped on it. Billy, 44, the half-brother, and legal guardian of the victim, said filming pupils being attacked is becoming a dangerous craze.

He said: "They pick on someone who's normally quiet, somebody who