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Five fe­male stu­dents have been charged in con­nec­tion with the as­sault of a 15-year-old girl out­side Holy Faith Con­vent in Cou­va ear­li­er this month.

The in­ci­dent oc­curred on June 10, and cell­phone footage of the at­tack has since gone vi­ral.

The vic­tim, a Form Four stu­dent at the school, was re­port­ed­ly at­tacked by the group af­ter class­es end­ed. She lat­er sought med­ical treat­ment for her in­juries.