This is the shocking moment a dad beat two boys who believed had bullied his son in a child’s playground.
The incident happened in the city of Krasnodar in south-western Russia’s Krasnodar Krai region and was captured on camera before being posted online.
The dad, said to be 34 but who is not named, walks over to the group of children, before targeting a small boy that has his arms folded across his chest.
He strikes the child hard in the face with an open hand before gripping him by the head and throwing him to the ground.
A dad, said to be 34, beats a 9-year-old boy in a playground as his friends look on
The man strikes the child hard in the face with an open hand before gripping him by the head and throwing him to the ground
After the first child hits the ground he pushes a second child, wearing a hoodie, in the chest and shouts at the other boys, who cower away from him, before he turns his attention back to the child lying on the ground.
He strikes the child one the floor again and continues shouting until two other adults intervene.
The mum of one of the attacked boys, named only as Olga, said the incident involved nine-year-old children and was sparked by a petty row between the youngsters.
‘Initially the confrontation happened between the boys,’ she said. ‘My 9-year-old son Ratmir and his pal Timur were out on the playground, when one of the neighboring boys approached them’.
After the first child hits the ground the man pushes a second child in the chest
The mother of one of the boys says that she has reported the incident to the police
The boys started picking on Ratmir and Timur and throwing food around, according to Olga.
She said her son ‘shooed’ the boy away, but just moments later his furious dad came over and hit Ratmir in the face with the palm of his hand.
Olga said her son, terrified, lay still on the floor until the attack finished then ran home as fast as he could.
She said he is no longer sleeping well at night and is scared to go back to the play area.
She has reported the incident to the police, who have confirmed they are investigating.