On April 20, in an exchange with Lao Dong Newspaper, the leader of Quy Nhon Tay Ward Police (Gia Lai) said that they are investigating and clarifying a clip recording the scene of a woman being assaulted on the street, which spread on social networks on the morning of the same day, causing public uproar.
We have grasped information about the incident and are conducting verification and working with relevant subjects to handle it according to regulations," said the leader of Quy Nhon Tay Ward Police.
According to images extracted from security cameras, the incident is believed to have occurred at about 5:34 pm on April 19 on Au Co street. At this time, a man driving a motorbike, not wearing a helmet, suddenly cut in front of a woman's motorbike.
After that, this person used a sandal to repeatedly hit the victim's face and head. Not stopping there, the subject also used his knee to attack the abdomen, knocked the woman down onto the road and continued to assault her, despite the victim's cries for help.
Notably, when the victim said she would report to the police, the man still showed a challenging attitude.
In the clip, the woman continuously cried for help, affirming that she did not know and had no conflicts with this person.
The incident happened in front of many people around, but no one directly intervened, only an elderly woman approached and intervened verbally.
Just a few hours after appearing on social networks, the clip spread quickly, attracting great attention from public opinion. Many opinions expressed outrage at the hooligan behavior, and at the same time requested functional agencies to soon clarify and strictly handle it for deterrence.
