The government of Kenya has taken drastic action after two Kenyan women were assaulted by five Lebanese citizens.
The five Lebanese were captured in a video brutally attacking the women in Burj Hammoud, Lebanon prompting social media outrage.
In a statement sent to Kenyans.co.ke, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has now indicated that it has been following up the matter closely with the Lebanese authorities.
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The Kenyan authorities have further revealed that all the five culprits who assaulted the ladies have been arrested pending prosecution.
"We are insisting on the prosecution of the culprits so that they meet the full force of the law," the statement from MoFA read.
"We are also demanding an apology from the Lebanese authorities," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs added.
During the unfortunate attack, one of the attackers said to be a military official in civilian clothes, is seen kicking the defenceless ladies and grabbing them by the hair in the middle of a road.
In the video, some more attackers join the scuffle and continue assaulting the women who are pinned down on the tarmac road.
According to a Lebanese publication Daily Star, the Lebanese Army issued a statement a few days later refuting the claims that the attacker was one of their members.
"The two women who were drunk assaulted an Army member who was with his wife, and hit him with a bottle on his head," the statement indicated.
This is the moment two Kenyan women were beaten by a 'Lebanese official' in Beirut pic.twitter.com/LhpoweLt6k
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On their part, the women indicated that the officer had swerved his car on them and a heated confrontation culminated in him physically assaulting them.
