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Several people passed out as Bo Tuan, 29, launched a deadly attack on a man who had refused to share his food with him.

After being turned down by victim Yul Liao, 48, Tuan pulled out a knife and slit the innocent man's throat.

"It was bloody and horrifying and I can't get the images out of my mind," an eyewitness said.

"He sliced the man open like he was a bag of rice, and pulled his heart out in front of us all, I swear it was still beating.

"Several people fainted, I wish I could have fainted. I can't stop seeing it even when I close my eyes."

After carrying out the attack, Tuan stood over his victim's body and BIT HIS HEART several times while making no attempt to flee the bloody crime scene.

He was immediately arrested when police arrived on the streets in Suizhou, in China's Hubei province.

He has been described as a psychopath by police but that has failed to satisfy locals who are demanding more protection in the area to prevent similar incidents.

They claim it took 40 minutes for officers to arrive at the scene and that the man could have attacked anybody else walking past in that time.