Video shows Sudanese woman flogged for riding in car with stranger
A video being circulated by media outlets allegedly shows an Sudanese woman being flogged by a police officer, who is supposedly punishing her for riding a car with man she was not related to.
The footage shows a woman sitting on the floor, crying in pain, as lashes hit her back while a crowd watches the scene.
The woman, is sitting on the ground and tries to cover up her head with her pink veil every time it slips. The video is believed to have been taken in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, reported the Daily Mail.
Whilst flogger her, the officer allegedly scolds the victim by telling her she should not have been in the car and she should not have sat in the front seat.
At 0:39 seconds in the video clip, the police officer warns the woman: “this is so you don’t get into cars anymore,” according to France24.
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http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/10/04/Video-shows-Sudanese-woman-flogged-for-riding-in-car-with-stranger.html