Activists in Jordan circulated on social media on Tuesday horrific videos, showing a 16-year-old boy with his hands cut and eyes bleeding against the background of "revenge" in the city of Zarqa.
The "Zarqa Crime" hashtag appeared on the Google search engine among the most searched topics besides the social networking site, while the Jordanian monarch, King Abdullah II, intervened, according to the official Kingdom TV.
“The King followed up on the details of the accurate security operation carried out by the Public Security Directorate - Police Command that led to the arrest of people who committed the crime,” The TV report added.
The king emphasized "the necessity to take harsh legal measures against criminals who commit crimes that terrify society," directing those concerned to provide the necessary treatment for the boy.
On his part, the media spokesperson for the Jordanian Public Security Directorate warned, "Everyone should not circulate, publish or re-publish the video in which the victim of assault appeared in the Zarqa crime," stressing that "publishing and circulating this video requires legal accountability for violating all customary laws."
Zarqa is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. Its name means "the blue". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in 2015, and is the most populous city in the kingdom after Amman.
The boy revealed in an audio recording that he was kidnapped by ten people after he was on his way to buy bread, and then they took him to a deserted area in the eastern city, where they carried out the crime.
"They put my hand on the table and hit it with an axe several times, and put a sharp blade in my eyes, and I was screaming: God is great," he added.
The number of people who kidnapped the boy, whose name is Saleh, was 12 people.
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