Manhunt after girl, 14, dragged to the floor and kicked in head in Primark

A teenage girl was left with bruising to her head and knees after she was attacked in a Primark store.

The 14-year-old had clumps of her hair pulled out when she was followed into the shop in Maidstone, Kent, when she was assaulted at 5.20pm on Friday evening.

She was followed into the shop by a man and woman who pulled her to the ground by her hair and kicked her in the head, and a second woman who was verbally abusive towards her.

Police have now released CCTV screen grabs showing the people they want to speak to following the attack.

Staff in nearby shops reacted to the incdient. One worker at Vxchange Vapes & Mobiles said: ‘That is a child. That is terrible.

‘Come on, a child and in a Primark as well. It is a family place where families go and try to do stuff together.

‘Even to see what happened in front of you or to experience that, that’s not nice. That is not right.’

He said the area, where the business has been for about three years, is usually calm, although the shop has occasionally struggled with kids behaving badly and’someone should teach them manners.’

‘But in the end of the day, it is kids.’

‘There’s a lot of security and cameras around here.

‘On a Friday, it is very busy around there and the Primark is full of people.

‘I don’t know how they got away, because normally they would call the security. Normally, on a Friday, there is security and there are even police officers around the high street.

A shop assistant in neighbouring Fast Tailoring Services told Metro he hadn’t heard of the incident on the street, which he described as usually peaceful.

However, he said it can get ‘restless’ on Friday and Saturday evenings.

He said the store windows have been smashed ‘a few times,’ but he said he feels generally safe as ‘the country I come from is a lot more dangerous.’

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