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Mesquite, Texas, police are searching for the people who attacked two 7-Eleven employees who refused to sell a cigar to an underage girl Saturday night.

The Mesquite Police Department said the incident occurred at about 9 p.m. at the 7-Eleven on Faithon P. Lucas Boulevard.

The clerk refused to sell tobacco products to an underage girl, who later returned with several other juveniles, police said.

Video shows the altercation between the girl and the clerk escalate, with some of her accomplices jumping over the counter and assaulting the clerk.

The intruders were also seen throwing items at the employee as the fight ensued.

Another clerk in the store witnessed the incident and tried to intervene, police said, but was assaulted by the group as well.

Both employees suffered facial injuries after being hit by some of the suspects, but they did not require medical transport to a hospital for treatment.

Other witnesses told police the possible suspect drove a silver Dodge SUV.