Confronting video has emerged of a service station attendant brandishing a stick at child he chased out of the store.

Video captured at the Liberty Service Station in Craigieburn, Victoria, shows three children, accused of stealing, attempting to leave the petrol station.

While one boy manages to get away, another child, believed to be just 10 years old, is pulled to the side by a passerby, who holds the boy until the service station attendant runs out.

View photos Confronting video has emerged of a service station attendant brandishing a stick at child he chased out of the store. Photo: 7 News More

The attendant, who is brandishing a large stick, then roughly grabs the child and tries to convince the other remaining child to come towards him.

“It wasn’t me, I’m sorry,” the kid he is grabbing cries out.

The attendant lets the boy go, after he is informed that the third boy has run away.

View photos The attendant lets the boy go, after he is informed that the third boy has run away. Photo: 7 News More

Before he goes back into the store, he takes a number of items off the boy he had been grabbing, who is now crying.

The two children then run down the street to find their friend.

Store owner Ali Bashi says he snapped after years of being stolen from and menaced by these children.

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Ali says one of the children pretended to collapse to create a decoy while the others stole electronic cigarettes.

"The first reason why I carried the stick in my hand was only self defence," Bashi told 7 News.

"My intention wasn't to hit them because they are kids."

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