Featured image adapted from Yhen Taroy on Facebook and One-Sympathy8712 on Reddit.
Recently, footage of an attack involving a man kicking a woman at Lucky Plaza and knocking her down went viral.
The man even tried to kick the woman while she was down on the ground, before bystanders intervened.
Source: One-Sympathy8712 on Reddit
MS News understands that the incident occurred on 8 Feb.
A 29-second clip posted on the r/pinoy subreddit showed a crowd forming around the man, who followed the smaller woman around.
Source: One-Sympathy8712 on Reddit
The man appeared to throw a punch at the back of the woman’s head, eliciting screams from the spectators.
The woman continued walking away from him, resulting in the man throwing a kick at her body from behind.
Source: Yhen Taroy on Facebook
He knocked the woman down at the entrance of a shop, also slipping and falling himself. The woman grabbed her side in pain while on the ground.
Source: One-Sympathy8712 on Reddit
Meanwhile, the man stood up and delivered a full-blown kick straight at her head.
She ducked and appeared to barely avoid the strike, while the man fell over again.
Source: One-Sympathy8712 on Reddit
Another short video of the incident, uploaded on Facebook by user Yhen Taroy, showed several bystanders, mostly women, intervening in the altercation.
Source: Yhen Taroy on Facebook
One of them even grabbed a blue shopping basket and flung it at the man.
Source: One-Sympathy8712 on Reddit
Others moved in to check on the fallen woman.
Source: One-Sympathy8712 on Reddit
With a larger crowd forming around him, the man appeared to back off.
Source: Yhen Taroy on Facebook
A shopkeeper claimed that the incident began over the woman refusing a drink from the man, Shin Min Daily News reported.
The man allegedly complained that he had “spent a lot of money” on the woman, even shoving the shopkeeper away.
MS News has reached out to Lucky Plaza for comments on the incident.
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Featured image adapted from Yhen Taroy on Facebook and One-Sympathy8712 on Reddit.