{"id":29577,"date":"2013-11-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/29577\/lebanese-teen-who-microwaved-cat-issues-apology"},"modified":"2013-11-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T00:00:00","slug":"lebanese-teen-who-microwaved-cat-issues-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/29577\/lebanese-teen-who-microwaved-cat-issues-apology\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese Teen Who Microwaved Cat Issues Apology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, Beirut.com told you about a video posted on Facebook that showed a Lebanese teen forcefully shoving a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/29544\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">cat in a microwave<\/a> and turning it on for a few seconds before removing the animal. The video, which sparked massive outrage, has since been removed, though it is still in circulation through re-uploads, and airplay on various local media outlets such as Al Jadeed and LBC. <\/p>\n<p>  On Monday, the teen seen in the video, Hassan Hammoud and the one who filmed it, Mohammad Jallad, both issued public video apologies posted through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MJHHAnimalsAbusers?hc_location=stream\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page created to shame the perpetrators<\/a>, and calling for the prosecution of the young men.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?v=10152005729324841\" data-width=\"400\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?v=10152005729324841\">Post<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MJHHAnimalsAbusers\">Stop The Criminals Mohammad Jallad &#038; Hassan Hammoud &#8211; Animals Abusers<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?v=10152005731749841\" data-width=\"400\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?v=10152005731749841\">Post<\/a> by <a 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