Police in Oldham have made an arrest after reports of an incident involving three girls, which had been circulated on social media.
The video appeared to show two girls attacking another in the Tesco Car Park in Failsworth and police were alerted to it on the evening of 17 January
The girls appear to be from the nearby Co-op academy
A 15-year-old girl was subsequently arrested. She has since been released while the investigation progresses with further arrests expected to be made imminently.
Superintendent Phillip Hutchinson, of GMP’s Oldham district, said: “We would always encourage people to report incidents of this nature, whether you are a victim or a witness and I would like to thank those who have come forward with information.
“We won’t tolerate behaviour like this and our officers have acted swiftly to investigate once we were made aware of the video.
