Speaking at a hearing in the Australian Senate on Wednesday morning, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said that 18 Australian citizens were among those removed from 10 flights and forced to undergo “grossly inappropriate” inspections while transiting through Qatar on October 2.
It is not clear how many women were searched in total.
Among the planes involved was Sydney-bound Qatar Airways flight 908, which landed for a transit stop in Doha, Qatar, on that day, CNN affiliate Nine News reported.
The foreign minister said that Australia was not the only country whose citizens had been…
