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In the shocking clip, believed to be from the Netherlands, the hooded thug is filmed by a friend walking up to the victim from behind in a busy shopping mall before attacking her.

He is filmed jumping in the air and viciously thumping the shopper in the back before running away from the scene as the cameraman screams with excitement.

The woman is then seen back up on her feet as she marches in the direction of the attacker before the 23-second video ends.

The video was posted on both YouTube and video-sharing platform Liveleak with the allegation the attacker was a migrant – however there is currently no confirmation on the identity of the thug.