2020 dawns in Egypt with viral video of mob harassing women
Footage of a mob harassing two women during a New Year's Eve celebration went viral in Egypt.
Videos depicting an Egyptian mob sexually harassing women in the first hours of the new year have drawn widespread public anger, but the attackers have managed to escape.
The videos, which went viral on social media last week, show two women being harassed by a group of young men in the city of Mansoura, north of Cairo. Egypt has long struggled with harassment of women on the streets and many similar incidents took place during the January 25 Revolution.
The Egyptian authorities opened an investigation into the incident and arrested seven suspects. However, all were released the next day after the two women, both 20, said that they are not the men who harassed them. No new arrests have been made.
The videos showed dozens of young men verbally and physically harassing one of the women as she screamed. Then a second group of men rushed in to protect her and helped her escape in a car as the attackers climbed on top of it.
