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Peel Regional Police say three youths have been charged after a serious bullying incident in Brampton.

The incident — which was filmed by the alleged bullies — occurred Oct. 24, but only gained attention on Twitter when footage was posted online Sunday.

In a pair of videos, two unidentified girls corner, slap and punch another girl. A male voice is heard from behind the camera cheering the alleged bullies on.

The victim, who repeatedly says she doesn’t want to fight, is briefly restrained by one of the girls.

The other girl takes her cellphone.

“What’s your problem?” the girl says as she grabs the alleged victim’s face. “Why the f--- are you always talking s---?”

The girl tells the victim there will be consequences if she reports the incident.

“If you say anything to anyone about us doing this, we’re going to have a problem,” one of the alleged bullies says. “Do you understand that. I didn’t touch you. I slapped you, once, twice, maybe a face grab. Yeah, it will be a lot worse if you say anything.”

Peel Regional Police Const. Lilly Fitzpatrick said investigators learned of the incident on Oct. 25.

Four days later, a trio of 17-year-olds, two girls and one boy, were charged with robbery in connection to the incident. The accused teens cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

“We are not saying the people in the video are the people who have been charged,” she said.

Fitzpatrick said the incident did not happen at a Brampton high school but at a nearby plaza. The alleged victim complained to school officials who, in turn, called police.

She said the victim did not sustain any injuries as a result of the incident, but called bullying an “act of cowardice.

“There is zero tolerance for this type of behaviour, whether it’s in our schools, in our recreation centres,” Fitzpatrick said. “This is bullying at its worst. These people have nothing to be proud of.”

Peel District School Board spokesman Carla Periera said there was little the board could say about the matter. She confirmed school officials contacted police but would not say which school was involved. The victim is a student within the board, but the alleged perpetrators are not currently students there, she said.