Clip of girl shoved at Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing goes viral, sparks outrage online


The clip was reposted on other social media platforms, and some netizens called for the authorities to take action. - Photos: SCREEGRABS FROM PEIPEILIN527/INSTAGRAM

TOKYO: An online video of a girl being shoved from behind at Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing has gone viral, sparking outrage among netizens.

A clip of the incident, uploaded to Instagram by the child’s mother, shows the girl stopping mid-crossing to pose for the camera moments before being knocked over from the back by a masked woman walking hurriedly.

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