Pictures of a terrified teenager being forced to strip naked before being punched and kicked by her classmates have shocked China . The 16-year-old girl can be seen cowering naked in the corner as the group - which is said to have included some of her supposed friends - carry out the vicious onslaught . It is thought she started off wearing a green T-shirt , but as the gang became more frenzied they ripped her clothes from her body in the dormitory of Bancang Middle School , in Bancang township in Funing county in south-western China 's Yunnan province . Aggressive : The six-strong group beat the girl after tearing off her clothes in the school dormitory . Clothed : It appears the girl was fully dressed in jeans and a green T-shirt when the attack began . The six-strong group of girls then punch and kick the teenager , before covering her with toothpaste and hacking off her hair , the People 's Daily reported . As a final insult , the group then appears to pose with the traumatised teen , who covers her face . And it seems the girls were so proud of their disgusting actions , that they posted the images to China 's second biggest social networking site QQ to boast . The apparent ringleader posted the photographs boasting about how she and her pals who are not students at the school had 'Ripped the s**t out of this slut ' . Police have identified her as Lu Tung , 16 , who went on the run after outraged web users came across the horrifying pictures . Sickening : Later , they posed with the devastated teenager - and then posted the pictures on social media . Torture : The gang - who are now thought to be on the run - also chopped off the girl 's hair . Proud : Alleged ringleader Lu Tung boasted on social media they had 'ripped the s*** ' out of the girl . Lu Tung is now thought to have fled along with the other girls to the crowded city of Guangzhou , in southern China 's Guangdong province , which is 850 miles away . A police spokesman said : 'This was a particularly nasty and vicious assault and we have yet to establish the motive behind it . 'We are now searching for the girls and for Lu Tang who appears to have been the ring leader . ' A school spokesman said : 'This is absolutely abhorrent and we will get to the bottom of it and demand punishment for the girls involved . ' The victim is now being looked after by her parents and receiving counselling .
Girl , 16 , is beaten and covered in toothpaste in school dormitory . Pictures then uploaded to China 's second biggest social networking site . Police name ringleader as Lu Tung say she is now on the run .