A shocking brawl broke out between Chinese customers inside a popular duty free store in South Korea after one of the shoppers jumped the queue.

Two women from China started wrestling each other after one of them headed straight to the front of the queue, an employee at the Lotte Duty Free Store in Seoul confirmed.

Footage of the ugly confrontation on Tuesday morning shows one of the women's husband joining the fight and stomping on the other woman's head.

A shocking brawl broke out between Chinese customers inside a popular duty free store in Seoul after one of the shoppers jumped the queue on Tuesday morning

Footage of the ugly confrontation shows one of the women's husband joining the fight and stomping on the other woman's head. Police were later alerted to the scene

The fight occurred on the 12th floor in the cosmetics section of the department store's main branch in Uljiro district, located in the heart of Seoul.

Shocking video footage of the fight filmed by witnesses shows the two women pulling each other's hair and pushing each other to the ground.

One woman in a white T-shirt is seen throwing several punches at her fellow shopper in front of stunned customers.

Suddenly, one of the woman's husband rushes forward and starts kicking and stomping the other woman on the ground.

'She was bullying my wife!' the man is heard yelling as other onlookers tries to pull him back.

'Stop fighting! Stop fighting!' others are heard saying.

The incident occurred on the 12th floor cosmetics section of the department store's main branch (pictured) in Uljiro district, located in the heart of Seoul on Tuesday morning

Footage of the fight filmed by witnesses shows the two women pulling each other's hair

An employee at one of the cosmetics counters of the department store told MailOnline that the brawl lasted for about five minutes before security came and stopped the trio.

Police were also alerted to the scene and took statements from those involved, she added.

Net users criticised the behaviour of all three, with many saying that the shoppers are 'an embarrassment to China'.

'These people should be banned from travelling to anywhere else!' one said.

'Such an embarrassment to other Chinese people,' another said. 'They should just stay in the country.'

The Lotte Duty Free Store is South Korea's largest duty-free operator and has several branches across the country and in East Asia. It is a popular shopping destination for many tourists from China.

The Uljiro branch is located near Namsan, close to top tourist attractions such as Namdaemun Market, Gyeongbokgung Palace and N Seoul Tower.