A Nova Scotia family is speaking out after two masked intruders entered a Halifax-area high school and violently attacked a Grade 9 student, prompting concerns about school safety and security.

On the afternoon of Jan. 16, Sylas Newcombe, 14, was walking between classes through the halls of Island View High School in Eastern Passage, N.S., when he was approached by two individuals wearing ski masks and hoods.

A video taken by another student shows a man confronting Newcombe, grabbing him by the neck and throwing him to the ground.

The masked man delivered about 10 punches to the boy’s head before kicking him multiple times as he lay on the ground protecting his face. The second person kicks him a few times, before the two assailants are seen escaping through the back door of the school and running away.