Uganda, April 24 -- Police in Kibuku District in Eastern Uganda have arrested seven family members for allegedly flogging a teenage girl after she reportedly attended prayers at a Pentecostal church.

The arrest followed public outrage after a video recording of the incident went viral on social media.

In the video that has been widely shared on the different social media platforms like TikTok and X, the helpless victim whom police have identified as Shakira Naula, is seen being firmly held on the ground by two men as others lashed her severally and rebuking her for allegedly attending prayers at Kadama prayer convention church led by Pastor Nicholas Kitibwa.

North Bukedi Regional Police spokesperson, SP Samuel Semewo, said a case of as...