Social media exploded in anger in response to a short video posted on Snapchat, briefly showing a little girl sitting at a desk apparently writing or drawing, with a sexually graphic sticker hiding her face. The person who received the video responded to the sender expressing his disgust.
#متحرش_بطفله
— ساره العلي ٣١♀ ∇ (@iiiisara23) January 5, 2020
التحرش بالأطفال وتدمير نفسيتهم واصابتهم بالخوف والهلع من ابشع واقبح واقذر الجرائم نطالب بالقبض على البيدوفيلي والتشهير فيه
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Translation: Sexually harassing kids, destroying them, and traumatizing them is one of the most horrendous crimes ever. We demand the arrest of the pedophile and he should be exposed."
Online comments used the hashtag #متحرش_بطفله (#Child_harasser) and reposted a screenshot of the video owner's profile on Snapchat, demanding that he be brought to justice.
#متحرش_بطفله pedofiles are the worst kind of people that exists among us i see the only answer to stop men hunger for rape either a child or a woman is cutting his private part and by that only we can stop the shit they doing ...so disgusting and low
— nan brave 1114 (@iii_brave) January 6, 2020
تمادى المتحرشين وأصبحو يتحرشون بالأطفال ويصورن فعلتهم القبيحة أمام الملأ بلا حسيب ولارقيب
— معا لصون الرجال (@ttvvvddd1) January 5, 2020
نتمنى القبض على صاحب المقطع كائناً ماكان #متحرش_بطفله
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Translation: "Sexual predators have gone way too far that they are attacking kids and filming their hideous crimes publicly, knowing there will be no consequences. I hope whoever posted this video is arrested."
Shortly after the hashtag went viral, the owner of the video tweeted that he didn't film it and that he received it in a private message before he reposted it, hoping to expose the pedophile who sent it to him.
In his tweet, he added that he was heading to the police station to report the sexual predator.
المقطع هذا جايني في خاصي وانا صورته شاشه وجيت اعلق عليه الناس الوصخه ذي لاشوفها عندي لنها بتاخذ بلوك وسنابي علق وحدد وحده بالغلط الكلام هذا تراى كبير وومحد يرضى هذا الشي وعندي اثباتي والحمد لله والمقطع تراى فيه سوء فهم انا م كنت ناوي انشره لحد بس بخوف الشخص !
— ..خروج (@naif_a57) January 5, 2020
Translation: "I've received this video in a direct message, then I used a screen recorder and sent a comment to this disgusting person before I could block them, but my phone froze and the video was sent unintentionally. Nobody should allow this, but I didn't mean to post it."
ياكثر العالم الي ماتفهم والله الطفله معرفها ونا معكم والله وكان برد على المقطع بكلام وجوالي علق قبل اكتب الكلام وانرسل لشخص واحد في السناب عن طريق الغلط مكان برسله لحد اصلا لني ببلغ عليه وحسابه عندي المتحرش وانا متجه الشرطه الان وراح توضح الحقيقه باذن الله
— ..خروج (@naif_a57) January 5, 2020
Translation: "I swear I don't know the kid, and I agree with you. I was responding to the video before my phone froze and was unintentionally sent to someone on Snapchat. I'm heading to the police station now to report it and the truth will be revealed."
Since the video was taken at home in what seems to be a routine day, some people expressed their concern that the person who filmed the video could be a family member, calling on authorities to take action that ensures an end to similar crimes.
اراهن انه اخوها . واضح انه يصور من قريب منها دليل انه من الأسرة #متحرش_بطفله
— M.A.A (@WomenRights1234) January 5, 2020
Translation: "I bet it's her brother. It's clear that it is someone close to her, which means he's family."
#متحرش_بطفله
— سمكة تونة (@soko_al_rashed) January 5, 2020
هذا بالشخص بالغالب قد يكون من العائلة او قريب أو شخص تثق فيه العائلة
السناب والانستا ملجأ البيدوفليين تنتشر مقاطع بالعلن يملكون ألاف المتابعين اللي يدعمون وينشرون مقاطع تنتهك الأطفال
المفروض صنع فرقة متخصصة لملاحقة البيدوفليين لأن اعداهم كثيرة عندنا
Translation: "This person is most probably a family member, a relative, or someone the family trusts. Snapchat and Instagram are now resorts to pedophiles who post videos to the public and they get thousands of followers who support and repost such clips that violate kids' rights. There must be a specialized group to prosecute these pedophiles because their numbers are on the rise."
