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Saudi Arabia: British Man and Saudi Wife Attacked by Religious Police
September 1, 2014 22:23 BST
By Maria Khan
The president of Saudi Arabia's religious police has launched an investigation after some of its members launched a physical attack on a British man and his Saudi wife.
The assault took place outside a mall in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh, and shortly after a 10-second video clip went viral on 1 September.
It showed one of the members of the religious police, officially known as the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, jumping from the top of a car onto a British man. He defended himself shouting, "This is my wife," reported Al Hayat daily.
Eyewitnesses confirm that the victim, Peter Howarth-Lees, was inside the mall when members of the religious police started following him. A confrontation happened when the British man entered a check-out lane reserved for women and families.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/saudi-arabia-british-man-saudi-wife-attacked-by-religious-police-1463528
