Chinese netizens outraged by footage of schoolgirl savagely beating toddler

Surveillance footage showing a young schoolgirl brutally beating a toddler in a lift in Chongqing has provoked uproar on the mainland.

An 18-month-old boy was found by a security guard covered in blood on the ground of a residential compound on the afternoon of November 25.

The boy, who had fallen unconscious, was quickly sent to hospital and is now in stable condition, mainland media reported.

A surveillance camera in the lift captured images of a schoolgirl, wearing a backpack, entering a lift which had the toddler and his grandmother inside. The grandmother stepped out of the lift and before she realised what was happening, the doors closed with the toddler still inside with the girl, who then picked him up.

Footage captured what unexpectedly happened next. In the video, which has been leaked onto social media, the girl, who appeared to be around 11 or 12 years old, suddenly threw the toddler on the ground, and kicked him several times with her foot. She then picked up the toddler again, and then again threw him to the ground, and started to beat him with her fists.

The lift then reached the 24th floor, and the doors opened. Footage then showed the girl picking up the toddler and throwing him out of the lift. She then walked out of the lift too.