Doha: A viral video is being circulated on social media showing a group of young boys spraying a family walking in a public place with snow spray and it has sparked outrage on social media with many asking steps to stop such behaviour.
In the clip circulating on social media, two boys got out of a car with party snow spray and sprayed the family of three with the same, while another was sitting on top of the car and filming the incident.
Many people on social media urged authorities to take action and increase awareness campaigns to confront such abusive behaviour.
تم الإعتداء على عائلة تمارس رياضة المشي بكل أمان والسبب الإحتفال المشين في #اليوم_الوطني_القطري بكل قلة أدب يتم السماح لهؤلاء بالحرية والعبث كُل سنة دون رادع وهناك توافه يؤيدون إستمرار قلة الأدب هذه بحجج تافهه ..
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“Anyone who violates the sanctity of private life shall be punished by law. It is necessary to study this phenomenon and develop solutions to it. And awareness before the 2022 World Cup, that these individual actions are not accepted by society in Qatar,” Khaled Abdullah Al-Mohannadi, a lawyer, tweeted.
“Unfortunately, we have seen many cases in which values were neglected to celebrate the National Day. There must be severe punishment, or it will become a habit,” Saleh Gharib, a Qatari journalist, tweeted.
Another person on Twitter said that some people sprayed the foam on her car windows blocking her view and causing panic.
