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This footage captured the moment a man ran naked through a town square shouting 'praise to Allah'.

Three policemen tried to stop the streaker as he ran at full speed through a public space.

Bemused onlookers recorded the bizarre scene as others out for a stroll were stopped in their tracks as the man, then the cops, raced past them.

The 22-year-old man from Tunisia, who has not been named, was seen running in the nude around the Pratto della Valle Square in the city of Padua in northern Italy.

He was spotted by a passing police patrol and amused onlookers watched as a game of cat and mouse unfolded.

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The images show the naked man with his hands up in the air as if to surrender.

He waits until the officers are almost within grabbing distance and then runs away again.

He does this several times and then runs agilely through the square shouting as they chase after him.

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According to local sources he was shouting: "There is no other god than Allah."

This is reportedly the second time in two weeks that the young man has been spotted running around naked and he is believed to have mental health issues.