A two-minute video went viral on social media Wednesday, depicting a low-ranking police officer slap a woman repeatedly on Cairo's metro system after she refused to allow men entrance into a women-only carriage.
The footage, which was filmed by the privately owned Al-Watan, shows people gathered around a young veiled woman shouting at several men who were trying to enter the car. “The metro isn’t your own,” said one of the men who was trying to enter the car.
The woman took a seat and started to fight with a low-ranking police officer who, with no clear reason, slapped her, causing the woman to scream repeatedly. The video shows the police officer grab the woman and push her off the metro car while she continued to scream.
Men are supposed to be prevented from riding on the two women-only carriages until 9 p.m., when one of them becomes open to both genders. The cars are intended to give women more privacy and reduce sexual harassment.
