A social media storm was kicked off in Saudi Arabia after a woman was seen pictured without hijab in a market. People reacted with outrage after they saw an image taken in capital city Riyadh.

One man even called the state to “kill her and throw her corpse to the dogs”.

The photo was allegedly first posted by an account under the name of Malak Al Shehri, which has since been deleted.

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A Saudi woman went out yesterday without an Abaya or a hijab in Riyadh Saudi Arabia and many Saudis are now demanding her execution. pic.twitter.com/gPMOz5bRAr — Anon (@dontcarebut) November 29, 2016

The person who reposted the image told the website that photographed lady had announced she was going out to breakfast without either a hijab or abaya; a traditional Saudi body covering.

So many people retweeted it and what she did reached extremists, so she got threats,” said the person who posted the image.

“She deleted her tweets but they didn't stop, so she deleted her account."

A hashtag which translates into English as “we demand the imprisonment of the rebel Angel Al Shehri” subsequently went viral. One user wrote “we propose blood", while another demanded a "harsh punishment for the heinous situation".

Despite the outrage, many more users in Saudi Arabia came out in support of the woman’s actions.

Its about time to protest against this discriminative abaya prison against women #shout_for_freedom https://t.co/QbyYvPw1gp — فرح العقاد • (@FarahAqqad) November 29, 2016

A brave Saudi lady decided not to wear her Abaya or Hijab out & about. Many praised her, others (males) said she should be killed for it... https://t.co/Swq30GKCcS — Mikey Kay (@MikeyKayNYC) November 29, 2016

This is not the first time when the Kingdom is seeing such demands. The laws against women often give rise to debates over their freedom and equality in the society.