hundreds of men attacked a TikTok user in Pakistan

Hundreds of men they attacked, stripped and hovered in the air to a TikTok user who was just trying to film in a city park in Lahore, Pakistan.

Now, around 400 people are under investigation by local police for the wrongdoing. Videos of the event, which quickly went viral, garnered repudiation and malaise on social media.

The episode took place last saturday noon, but it emerged after the footage went viral in the past few hours, first in Pakistan and then around the world.

The incident was even addressed by the Prime Minister of this country.

There are two videos that quickly went viral. One, from user @ 0doctorstrange, who was in the plaza to celebrate Pakistani Independence Day with friends when he was surprised by the screams and movements of hundreds of people assault women. In a matter of hours, these images had more than 33,000 reproductions on Twitter.

Another, much louder video from user @HusnHere shows when after the attack the victim practically loses consciousness and is carried away and groped by a large number of men.

These are the first known images of the fact and they have already 282K views, also on the social network Twitter.

The police have already opened a investigation against nearly 400 men that after breaking through containment barriers, they attacked the woman, who was simply recording videos for TikTok while she was there.

“People pushed and pulled me to the point that I torn clothes. Several people tried to help me, but the crowd was too big and they kept throwing me in the air, ”said the victim, whose identity has been preserved, according to the Pakistani newspaper. Dawn.

The victim reported to Pakistani police that the men touched her, tore her clothes, beat her and threw her in the air. Moreover, he said that they stole 15,000 rupees (around 80 euros), the cell phone, a gold ring and earrings.

Police said only one woman helped the victim out of the park alive.

Punjab government spokesman Fayazul Hasan Chohan confirmed that all those involved are being identified thanks to the various recordings that emerged from the sad event and called the incident a “shameful”.

In addition, he confirmed that the hundreds of people investigated are liable to four serious offenses under the Pakistani Penal Code: assault or use of criminal force against a woman and the stripping of his clothes; theft and injuries to commit it; disturbances on the public highway; and illegal harvesting.

With information from Europa Press.

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