Woman, 30, says gang of teens attacked her in Valletta
A 30-year-old woman has said that she was punched, kicked and had her hair ripped out by a gang of teens in Valletta in December, echoing a similar incident that left a 14-year-old boy with a broken leg on Saturday.
Speaking to Times of Malta, Paula, who asked for her last name not to be published, said the incident occurred on the evening of December 18, when she and her partner were visiting a Christmas village.
A disturbance, she claimed, was already underway while the couple was walking in front of the parliament building.
Two adolescent girls, possibly in their late teens, were locked in a tussle and their altercation had sent an elderly woman who was walking in their vicinity tumbling to the floor. As her partner went to assist the woman on the floor, Paula stepped in to try and stop the two girls from continuing to fight.
“I have to say, hundreds of people were walking by and no one was taking any action, no one calling the police, everybody was just watching and taking videos,” Paula said.
“I thought it was just a fight between two girls over a boy or something. It got very violent but I couldn’t pull them apart,” she added.
“In that moment, the gang around them went...