Woman beating children in viral video arrested

Little girl brutally beaten for vomiting

Two disturbing videos of a woman beating nursery children in South Africa has sparked  outrage after it was posted online and went viral. 

The first video, shared on various social media sites and over different websites, shows the 40-year-old woman lowering a little girl's pants and repeatedly hitting her buttocks as the child is seen cleaning a plastic table. 

It is understood the caregiver was angry that the little girl had vomited on the table.

In another sickening clip, the same woman is seen slapping and pinching a little boy and pulling him by his clothes as she cleans the carpet.

The woman is seen putting her foot on the little boy’s head

She again grabs and throws the little boy on to the carpet, where she is seen putting her foot on his head.

The videos, recorded by an unknown individual, has drawn anger and disgust among Internet users from around the world a year after the incident occurred as reported by South African local media.

WATCH | ANC chairperson in the area, Mojo Kadi, says they are calling for the school to be closed and for the perpetrators to be arrested till investigations are concluded.@TimesLIVE pic.twitter.com/KW8gNXmkHY — Nonkululeko Njilo???? (@Nkulee_Njilo) April 4, 2019

The woman has since been arrested amid investigations into the incident, according to enca.com.

The website quoted South African Police Service saying that the woman was arrested a week ago and appeared in court on 28 March and was released on bail while further investigations are underway.

She was due to return to court on 7th May 2019. 

 “With the court process having commenced and given that the investigation is yet to be concluded, police are not at liberty to divulge any further detail or give further comment on this matter,” the police said in a statement.