Terrifying footage has emerged showing a man allegedly beating a shopper as he cowers on the floor of a busy shopping centre.

The CCTV footage from Adelaide’s Regency Plaza shopping centre shows the 20-year-old alleged attacker dragging another man on the floor before punching and kicking him repeatedly.

The alleged attacker, Baryea Billy, has been remanded in custody after being charged with a string of violent offences following the attacks, reports Adelaide Now.

The footage shows several shoppers stepping in to intervene, with one man seen chasing the alleged attacker with a walking stick.

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Shocking CCTV footage shows an alleged assailant wearing boxing gloves dragging a man on the floor and beating him with boxing gloves

Police had previously released CCTV footage which showed the suspect appeared to be wearing UFC-style boxing gloves throughout the alleged rampage.

Mr Billy, 20, fronted Adelaide Magistrates Court on Friday facing three counts of assault, aggravated assault without a weapon, and assault causing harm.

He did not apply for bail and was remanded in custody to face court again in June.

His mother, Garmi Olumide, defended her son outside court and said her son had mental health issues but he was a good boy.

A 56-year-old woman was hospitalised with facial injuries and concussion after a young man of African appearance allegedly started randomly attacking people inside Regency Plaza shopping centre, in Adelaide's north, at around 1pm on Thursday.

Witnesses to the allegedly shocking daylight attack said they felt helpless as the man started randomly selecting victims before indiscriminately beating them to the ground.

The footage shows several shoppers stepping in to intervene, with one man seen chasing the alleged attacker with a walking stick

The attacker who allegedly rampaged through an Adelaide shopping mall punching shoppers at random was wearing UFC style boxing gloves

Witnesses have told how they feared for their lives as the man is claimed to have started randomly selecting victims before beating them to the ground

At least six people were attacked at the mall in Adelaide on Thursday afternoon, including a 56-year-old woman who was taken to hospital with facial injuries

Shop owner Ericson Montgomery confronted the man, despite fearing for his own life, after he saw him allegedly launch a brutal attack on a 56-year-old woman.

'These were not just little hits, they were king hits of the most vicious kind,' Mr Montgomery told the Adelaide Advertiser.

'I was just trying to get him off the track to make sure he wasn’t going to kill anyone.'

The shop owner said he normally wouldn't get involved in violent altercations like this, but he was concerned the man would end up taking a shoppers life.

He and a bakery owner warned other shoppers to stay away as the man made his way through the mall.