*WARNING: Video contains foul language and may upset sensitive readers.
A video showing a teenager knocking a homeless man out cold has gone viral.
Now angry social media users want the youngster arrested for the attack on the elderly man, who may or may not have survived a brutal elbow blow to the face.
The 28-second long footage shows the teen and a friend, who is filming the incident, on the steps of a building in Lower Main Road, Observatory on Saturday.
The victim, who is wearing a cap, dark glasses and a mask, appears to be drunk and mumbles something to the teen.
The male who is recording provokes the teen, saying: “Kyk hier, this guy is spitting in your face, man. Are you gonna leave it just like that, my bru?
The suspect, carrying a blikkie cooldrink, giggles.
He goes on to say: “He’s taking you for p***. You can’t leave it like that, my bru.”
The homeless man then staggers towards the assailant and mumbles something to him.
The teen suddenly strikes the man with his elbow in the face and he falls flat on his back on the pavement.
“Yoh, ma se p***! Safe, my bru,” the cameraman is heard shouting and laughing and the video ends.
A waitress at a nearby restaurant says she heard a thud and when she looked outside, she saw the homeless man lying out cold on the pavement.
“There were three guys sitting by the stairs of the Gateway to Obz, they were loud but I didn’t really care,” she says.
“As I sat by the reception area, I heard this loud sound coming from outside and I rushed out and saw the old man lying on the ground and the three guys were running away.
“I ran inside and called my colleague to see what happened.”
She says she was convinced the man had died on the spot.
“But after a few minutes, he woke up and walked away from the scene.
“I heard people say that he died but when he left here he was fine, he was just staggering and I assumed that he was drunk.”
The Daily Voice tried to contact the teen and his mother on their cellphones, but both devices were switched off.
Cops are now looking for information that may shed light on the incident.
Police spokesman FC van Wyk says: “This office is aware about the video clip going around on social media, and we have registered an enquiry to investigate this matter. Woodstock police are looking into this matter.”
Anyone with information about this incident is requested to contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or Woodstock SAPS.