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A busload of people did nothing to stop a pack of teen girls from beating a pregnant teenager and her boyfriend despite pleas from the victims that she was carrying a baby.

The behavior was caught on the bus’ surveillance camera and later helped police in Seattle locate the five attackers.

“I’m shocked,” said Sgt. John Urquhart of the King County Sheriff’s Department. “The video is shocking to look at.

“The ferocity, the intensity, the unprovoked nature” is shocking, he said. “But what shocks me most is that these girls thought they could do this on a crowded bus with adults and do it with impunity.”

Urquhart said that the incident occurred just after 7 p.m., at the height of Seattle’s rush hour. Five teen girls — ranging in age from 14 to 19 — boarded the bus and immediately spotted the victim, Jessica, whose last name is being withheld to protect her privacy, and the girl’s boyfriend.

One of the attackers ripped headphones out of the young couple’s ears and the altercation began.

According to Urquhart, one of the suspects said that the boyfriend had stolen her cell phone.

“The female victim has never seen any of these five girls before and the male victim said he’d been at a party where one of the suspects had been,” said Urquhart. “But he denies ever taking her cell phone.”

On the video, a girl is seen using her leg to thrust kick after kick into the boyfriend’s head and torso. Another girl quickly approaches, taking swing after swing at the pregnant teen. Then three others join in, the pregnant teen getting crushed into a handrail.

Jessica was three-months pregnant at the time of the attack.

“Basically, I was turned around [and] one of the girls hit me from the back,” Jessica said. “I turned around to ask, ‘Hey, what are you doing?’ and then three of the other ones started hitting me.”

Jessica said she screamed twice about being pregnant and overheard one of her attackers saying, “Nobody hit her in the stomach.”

“My main concern was for the baby,” Jessica said. “None of them hit me in the stomach, but one of them was kicking me in the back and I just didn’t want anything to happen.”

As for the lack of response by her fellow passengers, Jessica said she was shocked nobody helped her or her boyfriend.

“Out of all those people, I think somebody could have said something sooner,” she said.

Jessica was treated at a nearby hospital for a wound over her eye and her unborn baby was said to be fine. Her boyfriend was uninjured.

Urquhart said that the bus driver immediately pulled over when he realized what was going on at the back of the bus, but the length of the vehicle and the large number of passengers in between him and the attack made it difficult for him to see what was happening.

All five attackers were apprehended shortly after the bus was stopped and all face charges. The four minors are facing felony robbery charges and 19-year-old Ayana Cain faces second degree assault charges.

Three of the five girls remain in a juvenile detention center, Urquhart said. One is out but being monitored via an electronic bracelet. The 19-year-old is out on bail.

All of the suspects have been in and out of police custody, said Urquhart, who hopes they might learn their lesson this time.

Prosecutors want to question the passengers from the bus.

“A busload of passengers witnessed what was happening, and no one bothered to help or call 911, one source said. “That’s a serious problem that needs to be examined. We don’t encourage people to intervene, but you are required by law to at least call 911 if you witness a crime being committed.”

Sgt.Urquhart said the incident gives law enforcement an opportunity to reinforce how important it is for bystanders of a crime to speak up and call for help.