16 arrested after shocking footage shows male mob attack girl, 17, for 'dressing immodestly' at Iraqi motorcycle show
A video which has now amassed over 8.2 million views on TikTok alone, the footage shows the distraught girl being heckled by bystanders, before the mob, consisting of hundreds of men, chase her away.
The event, which took place on December 30, saw men demand that women be excluded, according to Kurdistan's Draw Media. Uploaded to social media by multiple users, the incident has even drawn comment from senior politicians in the country. Described as a “senseless assault”, Rewaz Faeq, speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament, said attack was the result of a "barbaric narrative used systematically against our women" in a Twitter post.Picture: TikTok
Despite the implementation of domestic violence laws in the Kurdistan Region, gender-based violence remains a huge problem.In a statement, the government condemned what they described as a “disgraceful” attack and said it followed another assault in Sulaymaniyah province earlier in the week.The senseless assault by these male predators on the girl who like any ordinary person merely wished to watch a race, is the result of a barbaric narrative used systematically against our women.
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