Footage was put on Sina Weibo at the weekend of a female student being surrounded, beaten and stripped by a group of girls in what looks like a campus building. The poster said the incident took place in Zhuhai.

Conspicuous by its absence is a knight in shining armour to come to the girl’s rescue. In fact, a male voice can be heard from behind the camera, and the poster claims there were more boys watching the incident unfold.

Netizens’ responses ranged from “Why doesn’t the girl retaliate?” To “What kind of idiot would put footage of themselves bullying another person on the internet?”

One netizen claims that this footage is several years old. If not, it would be an easy mistake to make.

Footage of similar incidents taking place in China has gone big on the internet before.