This horrifying video shows a mob of furious locals beating and kicking a man to death after he allegedly abducted and sexually abused a four-year-old girl.

Men, woman and even children surround the man, believed to be around 40, in a car park and film themselves relentlessly attacking their victim.

They then posted footage of their murder, in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, to YouTube where commenters expressed concern at the locals going beyond the law to seek revenge.

The horrifying moment a mob of vigilantes in Mexico beat a suspected rapist to death on camera

In sickening scenes the people hit him again and again bludgeoning him to death.

Blood pours from his face throughout the attack made in righteous anger.

He had allegedly abducted a young girl around 11pm on a bicycle, as she was ordering a hamburger in the Los Colorines neighbourhood of the city.

Her brother let his parents know his sister was missing, and that someone had taken her.

The parents then sought help from neighbours to start searching for their child, and around midnight the father was told his daughter had been found.

In a statement he gave to the District Attorney's Office, the girl was discovered bleeding and appeared to have been sexually assaulted.

In sickening scenes the people hit him again and again bludgeoning him until he takes his final breath

The father claims when he arrived to confront the man, the mob savagely beat the suspect, reports proceso.com in Mexico.

An ambulance finally rushed him to hospital but his life could not be saved.

Mexican authorities have not said whether they believe the man committed the sexual assault.

The Attorney General's Office told the El Mañana newspaper they will be analysing the video to identify the people who killed the man.

'Beasts killing beasts': The culprits claim he abducted a four-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her, but commenters online are concerned the locals took the law into their own hands

On Youtube one commenter wrote: 'I mean the video says ALLEGED!!! and those who killed him they are murderers because there is proof.'

But another posted: 'I am against violence but there is no choice.'

On Facebook one user responded: 'I am against your comment against violence but there is no choice.'