Kenya Demands Action against Suspects Captured on Camera Assaulting Two Kenyan Ladies in the Middle East

The government of Kenya has called for action against four Lebanese citizens and a military officer caught on camera assaulting two Kenyan women in a suspected racist attack.

In a video that has since gone viral online, the five were seen brutally attacking the two women in a location believed to be Burj Hammoud, Lebanon.

In a statement, Kenya's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it is following up the matter with the Lebanese authorities to ensure that justice is served to the two ladies.

"We are insisting on the prosecution of the culprits so that they meet the full force of the law," the statement from the Ministry read.

"We are also demanding an apology from the Lebanese authorities," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs added.

One of the attackers, who is reported to be an army official in civilian clothes, is seen beating one of the defenceless ladies and grabbing her by the hair in the middle of a road.

Later, other attackers join the military man in raining blows and kicks to the two women. Lebanese publication, Daily Star reported that the Lebanese Army said the two Kenyan women were to blame for the incident.

"The two women who were drunk assaulted an Army member who was with his wife, and hit him with a bottle on his head," the publication quoted a statement from the military authorities.