Shocking moment woman is knocked unconscious by her boyfriend in horrific street attack after ‘cheating on him’
The violent men battered the woman with a piece of wood before turning on her friend who ran to her aid.
A DEFENCELESS woman was brutally beaten unconscious by two men in a Brazilian street for 'cheating on her boyfriend'.
Graphic footage of the attack, in Rio de Janeiro, begins with a shirtless man and his friend kicking the woman so hard in her stomach that she's flung across the ground between them.
The cruel men battered the woman with a plank of wood before a desperate friend runs over screaming 'para' - stop in Portuguese.
But the thugs turn on the her, hurling her to the ground and beating her in the face with the weapon.
The attacker, thought to the be woman's scorned lover, takes a running kick at her head as she lies helpless on the ground.
The force of the blow instantly knocks her unconscious.
Shockingly, motorcycle taxi riders stand idly by watching while some passersby simply ignore the savage three-minute long assault.
As the woman, wearing a black shirt, tries to stand up a child kicks her in the head and body while her crying friend continues to plead with the gang to stop.
The harrowing footage was shot by Pablo-Luiz Rua Fernandinho, who was given the recording by a friend in the lawless district, just 40 miles from where the 2016 Olympic Games took place.
The 41-year-old said: "The girl had an argument with her boyfriend. The man was accusing her of cheating and then his friend also starts to attack the girl.
"Nobody tries to help because they are too scared. You step in to help, you die. You are attacked too.
"If not then, maybe next week or next month. Or your family are."
Pablo-Luiz added: "You see what happens to the girlfriend who tries to help. She's attacked too. She's lucky it wasn't worse.
"It's a terrible thing to see. I am sad each time I see it. But you just cannot mess with these people. There is usually drugs involved as well.
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"I don't know if the girl survived. Not even an ambulance came. A friend had to pay for a taxi to take her to hospital.
"People are too scared to speak out against these people in case they take revenge."
The barbaric footage, caught earlier this year, ends with the helpless woman cowering on the ground apparently unconscious while her friend tries to help her.