EVANS, Ga. (WJBF) - A daycare worker in Columbia County has been arrested on Child Cruelty charges.

Reports say 37-year-old Riffat Khalil is accused of forcing 9 and 6-year-old siblings to fight each other.

It allegedly happened Monday, July 28th at 'Discovery Zone Kids' in Evans.

The owner was notified and reviewed surveillance footage, Khalil was immediately fired.

The video reportedly showed one child kicking the other while on the ground, then Khalil grabbed one of the children and "violently" swung them into a chair.

Khalil remains in the Columbia County Jail.

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