In an exclusive MailOnline video, a man can be seen chasing a thug down the street and hitting him repeatedly with a pipe-life object before the hoodlum escapes in a car.

The shocking footage taken from a rooftop shows a man dressed in all-black and wearing a hoodie jogging down Whitechapel High Street outside Aldgate East Station.

According to police, the victim was walking with two friends in Whitechapel Road when a vehicle pulled up alongside them.

The shocking footage taken from a rooftop shows a man dressed in all-black and wearing a hoodie jogging down the road outside Aldgate East Station

On realising that there is a man hot on his tail, the thug has little time to react before he is shoved to the ground

The tables quickly turn when the thug realises that the victim is hot on his tail, and he has little time to react before he is shoved to the ground.

The hoodlum hits the ground hard and is briefly incapacitated until another hooded individual dressed in all black comes to his rescue.

Not giving an inch away, the man wearing a white shirt rips a pipe-like object out of the thug's hands and starts whacking both individuals.

A brawl nearly erupts when the thug stands back up and confronts the shirted man who keeps thumping him and screaming what sounds like 'f*** you'.

The hoodlum hits the ground hard and looks briefly incapacitated until another hooded individual dressed in all black comes to his rescue

Not giving an inch away, the man wearing a white shirt rips a pipe-like object out of the thug's hands and starts whacking both individuals

With no weapon in hand, the thug etches closer to the front seat of a silver car waiting for him on the road and jumps in.

This retreat provides the shirted man with another opportunity to strike and he takes full advantage by smashing the car's window twice with the pipe.

As he does this, the man can be heard yelling: 'Run! Yeah, you better run' or words to that effect.

Police say that they were called to the scene just before 2pm and found a 16-year-old boy with head injuries.

Weapon-less, the thug etches closer to the front seat of a silver car waiting for him on the road and jumps in

The cavalry arrives for the shirted man in the form of three other men dressed in black

They give chase to the car, seemingly a BMW, which speeds away with the front passenger door left open

By this point, the cavalry arrives for the shirted man in the form of three other men dressed in black.

The shirted man is restrained by one of the men in black, but he continues to cry 'f*** you' as the car races away.

They give chase to the car, seemingly a BMW, which speeds away with the front passenger door left open.

However, the chase proves futile and they start walking back towards the station.

The victim was taken by police to an east London hospital for treatment. His injuries were assessed as non life-threatening or changing.

No arrests have been made.