A video has surfaced online showing a young woman beating harassers out of her way in Riyadh’s Alya street. According to Akhbaar 24, the incident took place in a public park in Saudi’s capital city, where people saw a bunch of men gathered around the lady.

The video has now gone viral with more than 140,000 views on Twitter

The video shows a group of boys and men attempting to scare the girl by whistling and recording, while they cursed her out. She then charged at them, in retaliation, with a wooden stick.

People are reacting to it on social media…

The divided opinion of the Kingdom is once again evident through a series of Twitter response’ from the video. With some people not surprised at all by what had occurred, blaming the woman for the way she was covered that might have provoked the young men and others were just baffled that this kind of harassment still takes place.

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البنت المحترمة والمحتشمة اتحدا احد يتحرش فيها
والبنت الداشرة الصايعة تتحمل ما يجيها بسبب لبسها
بعض البنات تلبس لبس مغري وما تبي احد يتحرش !!
طيب استحي على دمك واحتشمي اذا ما تبين مضايقات #مضاربه_فتاه_مع_شباب

— ابراهيم بن عفيف???? (@hEmoBinaFiF) March 5, 2018

“No one would harass a modest, respectable woman. A woman who’s too out there and who dresses like this must handle what she gets. Some women dress provocatively and don’t want anyone to harass them. Have some shame and be modest if you don’t want that.” 

But of course, the Saudi women (and a good number of men) defended the girl

That’s my girl ????????????#مضاربه_فتاه_مع_شباب pic.twitter.com/9UsHbfFCD8

— 사라 – 萨拉 ✨ (@suyunax) March 4, 2018

Many were proud of her actions and said there was nothing wrong with her defending herself

#مضاربة_فتاة_مع_شباب i don’t want to hear any of the “she didn’t cover up properly” bullshit. stop defending the guys this girl was standing up for her rights smh. I’m with her 100% those guys deserved it.

— ❥ (@Corinnarosebear) March 4, 2018

#مضاربه_فتاه_مع_شباب I totally support the girl you should to because all of the women’s have rights and all the boys have to respect and be ashamed of them self’s man up

— roaa (@roaa90437848) March 4, 2018

#مضاربه_فتاه_مع_شباب
why is it wrong if a girl is strong enough to defend her rights! i was reading comments and like usually people were admitting that the girl was wrong and she should’ve stayed at home! But NO she did the right thing and i totally support her

— Raja Mselmi (@RajaMselmi1) March 4, 2018

“If there’s no law to protect women from molestation, they should take matters into their own hands.”

Saudi is drafting a law that will soon criminalise sexual harassment 

In September of last year, Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques King Salman ordered the Kingdom’s Ministry of Interior to draft a law that will criminalise anyone who sexually harasses another, and will penalties will be given to perpetrators.