Eight Northern California middle school students accused of carrying out a planned assault on a fellow student that others recorded have been arrested, police said. The attack occurred Friday at Sinaloa Middle School in the Marin County city of Novato, north of San Francisco. “As the first student was being assaulted, additional students gathered, started recording the incident with their phones, and encouraging the fight,” Novato police said in a statement.
Officials of the school and the Novato Unified School District discussed the incident with more than 200 parents during a meeting on Tuesday, East Bay Times reported. “This was a horrific attack,” said Tracy Smith, the district superintendent. “It’s completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated.” The injured students' parents said their children were physically OK but emotionally shaken.