Viral video footage of a man being beaten in the Curepe area has shocked citizens.

The video, which was posted to social media on Sunday, showed an incident which was said to have occurred on Friday night near the Curepe junction along the Priority Bus Route (PBR).

The video shows a man wearing only shorts, being accosted by two men for something he appeared to be hiding in his shorts.

It was said by witnesses that Lall Dwarika had taken something from the men.

One man tried to take back the item from the man, while another threatened to hit him with appeared to be a large piece of metal.

The man refused, and as the struggle escalated, the attacker hit him with the metal bar, knocking him unconscious.

The two men rummaged in the man's pants, retrieved the item, then left him in the roadway and attempted to escape.

However, a police officer quickly intervened to apprehend the two men.

He later died while on the way to hospital.

Citizens were shocked at the brutal yet casual violence of the act.

"Dem mad yes Trinidad nah have no love again is rel f***kin ting going on in dis place yes best way is to keep by yuh self yes," said one.

Others slammed onlookers for not intervening.

"I'm more pissed at the people who stood there and let this happened. What the hell. So many people around and they couldn't take these two guys down. And people won't Trinidad to be better People need to to better. This could have been prevented and they wouldve been arrested without any damage. Stop f**king watching and do something (sic)," said another.

"Trinidad is really going through hell Boi to the face book worriers most of you would also stand by and observe remember people have their loved ones to get home to and those guys gonna be out by carnival this system is broken and designed for us as a people to fail (sic)."

"This is what the lack of knowledge does,to love thy brother..kill him n leave him in the street.A sad people who don't even know their worth in this life (sic)."

The video has had over 60,000 views and hundreds of shares online.

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