A trio of Melbourne pranksters have provoked more anger than laughs after their latest video involved a man dressed in traditional Arabian clothing throwing a bag at what appear to be random members of the public and running.

The group of three brothers known as the 'Jalals' posted the "Public bomb scare prank" video to their Facebook page last night and it has already been watched more than 1.6 million times.

However, most of the commenters have critcised the stunt and called it dangerous and insensitive.

In the short video a man wearing a thwab walks up to what appear to be random members of the public and throws a bag at them and then runs away.

The first portion of the video shows a man sitting near a body of water throw the bag away before he launches himself into the water.

In the third scenario a driver who has the bag thrown at them while stopped at traffic lights leaves the vehicle in a hurry.

It is unclear of actors were used in the scenes or if the situations are real.

Many viewers appear to think the prank was filmed under real conditions with Facebook user Jess Turnis' much-liked reaction to the video typical of the general tone.

"That's not even funny, that's getting to the point where it's just dangerous, why would you chuck a bag into a car, it would of eventually started rolling forward and could of caused an accident," she wrote.

Meanwhile Joanne Rivera said given the prank was "careless and thoughtless" given the recent spate of terrorist attacks .

"With all that's happening with ISIS, attacks throughout the USA, out of the USA, this should not be a laughing matter," she posted.