In shocking video footage uploaded to the internet yesterday, an American mother is seen throwing her young child across a crowded bus on to the lap of a stranger, before lunging at a fellow passenger.
A traveller not involved in the altercation captured the argument on his mobile phone, and the video is quickly going viral online.
The unnamed woman is seated when seen first, and in a loud verbal altercation with another passanger standing towards the front of the bus. After the argument escalated further she dumped the young child previously sitting on her knee across the bus and ran forward to physically attack the woman she had been arguing with.
Reports have suggested that the incident took place in the American state of Connecticut, but attempts to trace the woman have not yet been successful.