India, Oct. 18 -- Popular Twitch streamer Emiru, or Emily Schunk, was assaulted during a meet-and-greet event at the TwitchCon event in San Diego. Video of the incident, circulated widely online, showed a man walk up to the streamer and appear to try and kiss her neck without consent. Security then intervenes and pushes the man away, while the streamer is taken offstage to safety, the video showed.

The incident has sparked widespread outrage over the security arrangements at the event and there have been calls for TwitchCon to shut down too. It has also drawn focus on Emiru herself, who notably faced past stalking problems, with a man earlier threatening to kill her, BBC reported. The streamer has not yet commented on the recent attack a...