Video of child beating boy in Lebanon goes viral

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Lebanon has arrested a man who spurred his two-year-old son to beat up a Syrian child after a video of the shocking blows went viral, state media reported on Sunday. The cousin of the boy named Abbas, who taped the video which was posted online overnight Friday, was also arrested, the National News Agency said, quoting a police statement. Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi ordered an investigation and late on Saturday police arrested "Abbas's father and his cousin who taped the video after a probe involving online activists," the news agency said. The video caused outrage across Lebanon with angry comments posted on Facebook and Twitter, and one user saying she was "ashamed of being Lebanese".

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