A woman has viciously attacked a fellow shopper for apparently ‘refusing to wear a face mask’ while in a London shop.
Dramatic footage shows the moment one woman headbutts the other outside a Co-op located at a petrol station in Whitechapel before dragging her inside.
Moments earlier, a group of women queuing to get into the shop were arguing as one apparently refused to put on a face mask.
Onlookers shouted: ‘Wear your mask!’.
A third woman attempts to stop a man filming the attack as other bystanders enter the Co-op to try and break up the fight.
The dramatic incident was caught on camera by a Nigerian podcaster, who shared the video on his social media accounts.
He enters the shop as the attacking woman, whose own mask is now pulled down under her chin, furiously shouts and points at the other woman.
The podcaster tries to stop the confrontation, saying ‘It’s enough, you’ve done enough’ and urging the victim of the brutal beatdown to pick up her belongings that fell on the floor during the fight.
The camera then turns on the shop’s security, as the man criticizes the security guard who was nowhere to be seen during the assault for just standing by.
‘Security what the f**k did you do? You were holding the door. You didn’t do sh**’
The victim asks the man why he is filming everything, to which he responds that he has to record everything ‘for public property’.
The attacking woman then goes to the counter to by cigarette papers, while continuing to shout and threaten the other woman from a distance.
‘I’m going to break your f**king throat. I promise you if my card is broken, you’re f**king going to pay for it.’
The cameraman heads to the counter to buy his own cigarettes, yelling at the clerks to ‘Fire your security now!’
He then appears to compliment the woman on her ability to fight, even offering to buy her items.
Later in the more than five-minute video, both women and their companions appear to be attempting to restart the fight outside before eventually walking off after the cameraman says the police have been called.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed police were called at 22:46 local time over the altercation at the petrol station in The Highway.
The Met told MailOnline no arrests were made and that those involved in the incident had left the scene prior to police arrival.
A Co-op spokesperson told the MailOnline: ‘We condemn any violence in stores,’ adding that masks are ‘compulsory for all non-exempt customers and colleagues’.
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