THIS is the horrific moment a man is killed when his callous attacker plunges a pool cue into his face.

South African Ludi Vink was declared brain dead today after the horrendous assault inside a biker bar near Johannesburg.

5 A South African man was killed when his attacker stabbed him in the face with a pool cue at a biker bar

5 CCTV caught the moment the attacker picked up the cue from a nearby table

5 He then callously plunged it into the face of his victim at the bar near Johannesburg

CCTV footage from the bar caught the full horror of Vink's last moments in Mitzy's club on Tuesday night.

Vink had reportedly been trying to break up a fight when the attackers turned their attention to him.

One thug is seen picking up a cue from a pool table before walking towards his victim.

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And in a moment of barely believable cruelty, he plunges the weapon tip-first into Vink's face.

The victim immediately collapses on the floor.

A second man walks up to the motionless Vink and removes the implement from his face.

South African police are yet to confirm whether the attacker has been arrested.

5 Sickeningly, another man then removes the cue from victim Ludi Vink's face before fleeing

5 Vink's mother paid a heartbreaking tribute to her son after he was declared dead in hospital this morning

Vink's mother posted a heartbreaking tribute to her son on Facebook this morning.

She wrote: "My heart is ripped out, my soul in pain. My darling, beautiful, kind son, Ludi Vink.

"So pointlessly and savagely ripped from me. Today 9am we say our last goodbyes. Every part of me is in pain …”

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