(CNN) -- A video of a British man and his Saudi wife being assaulted by members of Saudi Arabia's religious police has gone viral across the Arab world. The video, which shows a man in a headscarf leaping off a car to attack another man in a parking lot, was filmed after the couple reportedly used a women-only cashier line at a supermarket in Riyadh. In a statement published on the website of a well-known Saudi writer and blogger, the British man said that while he and his wife were shopping, they noticed three young men who looked "religious" following them. As they were going through the cashier line reserved for women and families, he said the men "started pushing and shoving" and verbally abusing them.
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Video shows Saudi Arabia's religious police attacking British man and his Saudi wife
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The couple reportedly used a women-only cashier line at a supermarket in Riyadh
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Office of head of religious police (CPVP) says video is authentic, condemns attack as "unacceptable"
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CPVP says four of its members have been transferred to administrative jobs outside Riyadh
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