This is the shocking moment a group of “wild children” appear and beat a man, then drag him to the ground and stomp on his head.
On Saturday night, disgusting footage emerged on X of scenes filmed just metres away from Zandi Barbers in Cowgate, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
The 25-second clip shows a group of youths gathering around a man and beating him.
A man in a red shirt is pulled away from the group by a second man dressed in light-colored pants and a dark shirt.
The violence continues between a youth wearing a blue hoodie and a third man wearing a red shirt and black pants.
This is the shocking moment a gang of ‘wild children’ appear and beat a man, dragging him to the ground and stomping on his head
In the 25-second clip, a group of youths can be seen gathering around a man and beating him. A man in a red top is pulled away from the group by a second man in light-colored pants and a dark top
A man in a red shirt continues to exchange blows with a youth in the clip, which was filmed in Cowgate, Newcastle Upon Tyne
As the couple falls to the ground, the youngsters clamber around them, calling out to each other.
Then several youths appear to kick their victim repeatedly, at least five times.
An off-screen voice shouts, “Enough, enough!” before the clip ends.
When contacted by MailOnline, the owner of the barbershop in Ponteland Road denied that a colleague was involved.
He added that it happened “a few days ago.”
A series of Facebook posts responding to the video revealed that the youths had been in an argument with employees of a nearby pizzeria moments earlier.
According to a woman who witnessed the incident, the youths boarded a bus at a stop near the barbershop.
They were then followed by two men in red shirts who ‘stormed’ the bus.
It is alleged the men began beating the boys before turning on the witness’s partner, who had asked them to leave the bus.
According to the witness, the bus driver remained at the stop while police were dispatched to the scene.
The video has been viewed by thousands of people on social media, with many criticising the boys’ behaviour.
In a shocking moment toward the end of the clip, the youths appear to circle their victim and repeatedly kick him in the head
One person described their behaviour as ‘disgusting’, while another said they were ‘wrong, very wrong’.
Another said: ‘I would be ashamed if it was my children, I would report them to the police myself, this kind of behaviour is just not necessary’.
A fourth said: ‘Wild and utterly shocking behaviour’.
MailOnline has contacted Northumbria Police for further comment.