This is the horrifying moment a gang of masked thugs punch and kick a moped rider to the ground then repeatedly stamp on his head before taking his bike.

The helpless victim cried ‘what are you doing?’ as he was surrounded by feral youths in College Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, and viciously attacked in broad daylight.

The vile yobs were seen laughing and taunting their victim as they beat him in front of several onlookers who did nothing to intervene, but instead recorded the action with their mobile phones.

A gang of masked thugs punched and kicked a moped rider to the ground on College Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham

A gang of masked thugs punched and kicked a moped rider to the ground on College Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham

During the horrifying footage the vile yobs are seen laughing and taunting their victim as they beat him in front of several onlookers 

During the horrifying footage the vile yobs are seen laughing and taunting their victim as they beat him in front of several onlookers 

During the horrifying footage the vile yobs are seen laughing and taunting their victim as they beat him in front of several onlookers 

The feral youths repeatedly stamp on his head before stealing his bike in the cowardly assault

The feral youths repeatedly stamp on his head before stealing his bike in the cowardly assault

The feral youths repeatedly stamp on his head before stealing his bike in the cowardly assault

Footage of the cowardly assault emerged on social media tonight and quickly went viral.

It shows the moped rider – wearing a high-vis jacket – being ambushed on his bike while parked at the side of the road near a junction.

One of the yobs punches him through the visor of his helmet while a second kicks him off his scooter.

He is bundled to the tarmac and repeatedly kicked and stamped on as he screams in pain.

A concerned citizen off-camera can be heard shouting: ‘Oi, you’re on camera, man. What you doing?’

The moped rider was parked at the side of the road near a junction when one of the yobs punches him through the visor of his helmet while a second kicks him off his scooter

The moped rider was parked at the side of the road near a junction when one of the yobs punches him through the visor of his helmet while a second kicks him off his scooter

The moped rider was parked at the side of the road near a junction when one of the yobs punches him through the visor of his helmet while a second kicks him off his scooter

Two of the thugs then pick up his scooter and wheel it away while their accomplices continue to stamp on the man's head

Two of the thugs then pick up his scooter and wheel it away while their accomplices continue to stamp on the man's head

Two of the thugs then pick up his scooter and wheel it away while their accomplices continue to stamp on the man’s head

Footage of the assault, which emerged on social media, has left viewers sickened, with many calling on the police to hunt down those responsible

Footage of the assault, which emerged on social media, has left viewers sickened, with many calling on the police to hunt down those responsible

Footage of the assault, which emerged on social media, has left viewers sickened, with many calling on the police to hunt down those responsible

The masked youths are seen fleeing the scene after carrying out the assault. West Midlands Police has been approached for comment

The masked youths are seen fleeing the scene after carrying out the assault. West Midlands Police has been approached for comment

The masked youths are seen fleeing the scene after carrying out the assault. West Midlands Police has been approached for comment

Two of the youths then pick up his scooter and quickly wheel it away while their accomplices continue to stamp on the man’s head before eventually fleeing.

Social media viewers were sickened by the attack and called on the police to hunt down those responsible.

Arslan Ali Shani wrote: ‘Where is your humanity?’

Fezan Siddique said: ‘What vile cowards. Hopefully they are brought to justice.’

Salma Tabassum commented: ‘Shame on the lot of them, including the idiot walking around filming with his phone.’

Emma Bee added: ‘What a credit to their parents and families. Lowlife scum.’

West Midlands Police has been approached for comment. 

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