Online sleuths join manhunt after horror attack on woman in China

The clip has triggered a mass manhunt, with social media users visiting potential locations of the assault.

Chinese police have appealed to the country’s online community for help to track down a man who launched a vicious assault on a woman, in what appeared to be a random attack on the weekend.

Surveillance footage from an unknown source shows the woman walking along a street looking at her phone when she is approached by a young man who abruptly hits her in the face. He continues to attack her, repeatedly punching and kicking her in the head before dragging her by the hair out of the camera frame.