The alarming rise of catapult attacks: How Britain’s towns and villages are being terrorised by slingshot-wielding children filming themselves killing and torturing animals [Video]

Britain’s towns and villages are being terrorised by sling-shot wielding children who are filming themselves abusing animals to post on social media.

Residents say they are seeing ‘more and more’ anti-social behaviour recently and some believe it is due to a new social media trend.

Locals in Kent believe the rise in catapult-related incidents are related to a trend of young people filming themselves firing ball bearings at animals and posting it online.

Pensioners say they are too scared to go for walks alone, and animals ranging from cats to swans have been brutally injured. 

In Maidstone, a family was left devastated after their pet peacock was shot more than 20 times with slingshots and catapults and brutally killed.

But this is only the latest in an alarming rise of catapult-related attacks by young people across the UK.

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