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CUTLER BAY - Another violent school bus brawl caught on camera in Miami-Dade County.
"That should've not happened, my daughter should've been protected," said Johanna Velez.
Velez said her daughter, who is a student with special needs at Cutler Bay Middle School, was attacked by two girls while riding the bus home last Friday.
Velez said a student on the bus attacked her daughter before that girl's older sister, who doesn't go to the school, hopped in and also started pummeling her.
"The bus driver left the bus door open, so another person came in, which was the sister of the little girl who goes to school with my daughter," said Velez.
Adding insult to injury, it was the victim's 15th birthday.
What was supposed to be a day of celebration and joy, turned into a day of stress and tears.
The brawl left the victim with a concussion and her mother with questions.
"I reached out on Saturday night to the principal of Cutler Bay Middle School and expressed what happened, and what I needed. I have not gotten a reply from him. So, I have not gotten no answers from nobody," said Velez.
CBS4 asked the school district about what disciplinary action, if any, has taken place and what's being done about this incident.
While the district said they're aware of what happened and say the student involved has been disciplined according to the code of student conduct, they did not provide details.
The school district also told CBS4 that Miami-Dade Police are handling the investigation regarding the other person who jumped onto the bus and joined in the fight.
As for the victMiim, Velez said her daughter is traumatized and will likely not return to Cutler Bay Middle School.