Footage has gone viral on social media after a man hit a woman during a fight in the middle of a busy town centre in West Yorkshire.
The disturbing incident took place in Keighley in front of a number of shoppers passing through the area on 23 August.
The footage starts with four men having a confrontation with a man and a woman.
It appears the men are walking away from the situation as one of them tells them ‘ring the f**king police, call the police.’
The disturbing incident took place in Keighley in front of a number of shoppers passing through the area on 23 August. The footage starts with four men having a confrontation with a man and a woman
He then shouts ‘f**king untouchable’ and ‘you don’t f**k with us all right’.
While the men are momentarily off camera, a fight breaks out and the men rush back over.
The women joins in the fight to defend the man but is struck by one of the men, knocking her to the ground.
A nearby shop worker, who is wearing an apron, can also be seen trying to break up the fight.
The video ends with the woman still sat on the ground with the man saying ‘what are you doing?’.
The footage was uploaded by Spotted Bradford 1 on Facebook and has since been viewed nearly 700,000 times.
Users on social media spoke of their disgust after the one of the four men struck the woman, knocking her to the ground.
Some said there must of have been a reason behind the men’s reaction but believed there was no excuse for hitting a woman.
The women joins in the fight to defend the man but is struck by one of the men, knocking her to the ground
The video ends with the woman still sat on the ground with the man saying ‘what are you doing?’
One user said: ‘A man hitting a woman so wrong. Don’t care what she says or does. A real man is better than that.’
Another user said: ‘Hitting a woman is absolutely not on, regardless of race religion or culture, shouldn’t even come into it. Nothing but disgusting vile behaviour.’
West Yorkshire Police have confirmed the incident and are appealing for information.
A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: ‘Police are appealing for information about an alleged incident of affray on Low Street, Keighley on August 23 at around 4:45pm
‘It is alleged two men were in a fight with both suffering what were believed to be minor injuries.
‘Officers are aware of social media being circulated purporting to be of the incident and enquiries remain ongoing.
‘Any witnesses are asked to contact police on 101 quoting crime reference 13170389064.’