Over the recent four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, more than 1,000 sexual harassment complaints were filed in Egypt.
President Mohammed Morsi has ordered an investigation, but some are not prepared to wait for the government and the police to act.
Young men have formed vigilante groups and are hunting down perpetrators of sexual harassment in the capital, Cairo. Some are applauding the action, while others say it’s a sign of how lawless Egypt has become.
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