Women accused of stealing beaten at Lahore market

    Two women accused of stealing from a shop in Lahore were brutally beaten by the store’s owners.

    Footage of the incident has been circulated, appearing to show the women being hit with a thick cane by numerous men at a shop on the Great Trunk Road.

    The victims were accused of attempting to steal a bundle of clothes from a shop in the market.

    Police have made a move to act against the suspects but reports say the shop owners have absconded.

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