A homeless woman was blasted with a fire extinguisher at point blank range in a cowardly attack.

Shocking footage shows two hooded thugs running towards the woman, who is sitting on a bench in Peace Park in Sligo, Ireland.

One of the men, who is holding the extinguisher, then discharges it directly in her face for about four seconds.

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The cruel thug attacking the woman even glances at his friend holding the camera halfway through to ensure it is being filmed.


One of the men, whose identities are unclear, shouts ‘gang, gang, gang’ to celebrate the appalling attack.

They are then head laughing as they run away from the scene.



During the entirety of the attack, which is believed to have happened on Sunday, the woman is frozen to her seat.

The woman was left in a cloud of freezing dry smoke (Picture: News Dog Media)

The thugs laugh as they run away from the scene (Picture: News Dog Media)

More than 200,000 people have watched the video since it was posted online.

One viewer wrote: ‘SO SAD! People in this generation will do anything to get followers.

‘I hope the police get them. This generation is f***** up u know.

‘You never know what that woman was going through in that moment and even now. I can’t see nothing funny in that video.’

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