A video, showing a pregnant woman being beaten by at least three other young women, is so shocking that Toronto police say they are investigating the video, which surfaced Sunday on a website.

It was titled: “Preggo Dope Fiend Gets Jumped By Hood Chicks In Toronto For Talkin Mess!” and it runs for two minutes, 55 seconds.

Police say two people in the United States who were surfing the website notified Toronto police of the disturbing video on Sunday night.

A young pregnant woman is seen arguing with other females on a darkened stretch of Yonge St., in front of a Burger King outlet.

Pedestrians are seen walking past the group as the shouting increases while the person holding the video camera continues to record the events.

The pregnant woman, holding a light jacket, does not walk away, even though it appears there is an opportunity to escape. She even appears to walk away and comes back.

At one point, after some name-calling, a male voice yells out: “Hit her.”

At this point, the pregnant woman lashes out at another female with her jacket and knocks a bottle to the ground, where it shatters.

The other females then strike back, hitting the pregnant woman about the face and knocking her to the ground.

While lying helpless on the sidewalk, she is kicked around the head and in the stomach and back for about 30 seconds.

She covers her head with her hands and is heard wailing in pain.

While she is being beaten, the person holding the camera does not try to intervene to stop the beating. In fact, the person moves in to record the action from close range.

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At the end of the beating, a young woman spits on the victim.

Police at 51 Division were poring over the video Monday afternoon trying to establish the identity of the young pregnant woman and her attackers.