Terrifying footage shows Chinese man beating a woman in front of onlookers before stuffing her in the boot of his car then speedsย off.
Theย Chinese man tries to force the woman into the boot so he can close the door but he is challenged mildlyย by bystanders.
He goes ahead to throw punches at the womanโs face and repeatedly slaps her as the woman tries to free herself from the ordeal.
The struggle isย believed to have taken place at a gas station nearย Huanghua.
Huanghua is located in the Bohai Gulf coastal region of Hebei province.
At one moment, the man is seen slamming the boot door back and forth onto the womanโs head so that she surrenders.
A woman who was witnessing the proceedings goes to help her but then stops.
After few minutes of struggle, the man succeeds to get the woman lying down and slams the boot door down on her hand, forcing her to retract it and therefore allowing the man to close the boot.
The man looks exhaused after the episode and leans against the car as he checks his keys.
The footage drew criticism online ย aganist the man and bystanders who did little to help the woman.
ย โIf I saw a woman with her civil liberties being violated like this, I would have to intervene,โ one viewer wrote.