Kuwaiti woman jailed filming housemaid falling seventh floor balcony fell

The 12-second video prompted authorities to take action against the employer after it sparked a massive outrage on Arab social media
UPDATED OCT 4, 2018

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT

A Kuwaiti woman was put behind bars after she was caught filming her domestic help falling from a seventh-floor balcony as she tried to flee from her apartment.

The Ethiopian maid is seen screaming and crying for help in the disturbing footage as she slowly loses her grip after hanging on with one hand to a window frame and falls down on to a metal awning seven stories below. The footage posted online by the woman filming the whole incident shows the endangered woman shouting "hold me, hold me," before her fall.

Stunningly, according to multiple reports, the woman survived the fall and walked away with minor injuries including a broken arm.

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