This is the shocking moment a woman surprisingly attacks a child before a bystander stepped in to deliver instant retribution.
The stunning video shows the mother casually walking with her daughter on a Brazilian sidewalk as the assailant approaches them in the opposite direction.
In a matter of seconds, the woman extends her arm and smacks the girl in the face.
The mother prepared to charge at the attacker when her daughter appears to think that responding with violence is not the appropriate answers and holds her mother back while the woman swung at the air.
A woman approaches a child and strikes her in the face on a Brazilian street
The child and her mother were visible shaken after a stranger abruptly assaulted her on a Brazilian street
However, a man who witnessed the attack seemed to think that answering with force is the right course of action and bolted toward the woman, kicking her in the mid-section.
The woman immediately falls to the ground and the man tries to kick her three more times, but only connects once.
She then admonishes the man and appears ready to fight him, too, when a female bystander intervenes.
Other onlookers can be seen checking on the well-being of the mother and her daughter.
A woman (left) was seen approaching a family on a Brazilian sidewalk before she smacked a child in the face
A man kicks at woman while she is lying on the ground after she smacked a young girl in the face without being provoked
A man (lower right) responds with force after he saw a woman (top right) hitting a young girl (bottom left) for no reason on a street in Brazil
Social media users sided with the man’s decision for coming to the aid of the defenseless mother and child.
‘That was appropriate,’ one person said.
Another chimed in, ‘She got what she deserves.’
One person claimed that the man’s response should have been harsher.
‘Wasn’t good enough if you ask me,’ the claimed.
This is only the latest instance of instant karma.
Earlier this week, a video surfaced showing the moment a woman and her friend got served instant karma after throwing eggs at a house.
Footage of the incident has circulated across social media as two women quickly threw eggs and other items at a car parked in a the driveway of a Detroit, Michigan, home.
As they fled the scene, one of the women frantically drove a black SUV past a stop sign and crashed into an oncoming car.
Another incident involving instant karma occurred when the owner of a lifted Chevy pickup truck confidently drove straight into a ditch on a flooded dirt road in Texas, but was quickly caught out.
A concerned bystander attempted to do her best to warn the driver but stood by and recorded the incident on her phone as he refused to take her advice.
At the start of the clip, the truck appears to plow through the deep puddle with no problem at all.
But suddenly, the front end takes a dive into a massive trench concealed by the accumulated water. There was a giant splash before the truck completely stopped moving and got stuck in the mud.
‘I tried to tell him,’ the woman behind the camera said once it was clear the vehicle wasn’t going anywhere.