In the middle of a busy street, a knife-wielding man was seen lashing a woman with an electric line.
Tian Mougguo, 36, has been recognised as the aggressor, while Shao Shuang, 34, has been identified as the victim.
He is said to have beaten the woman while accusing her of defrauding him of £200,000.
Over a $226k swindle, a woman was flogged with an electric cord in the middle of the street.
A bystander captured the assault on a phone camera on October 10 in Wudi County, Shandong Province, eastern China.
Mougguo pummelling the woman for eight minutes, according to witnesses. While wielding the knife, he threatened the public to remain back.
He shouted: “You cheated me out of over 2 million! You think you can run away? Pay me back! Pay me back!”
Shuang attempted to escape multiple times but failed as Mougguo held her tightly in place. She was repeatedly whipped as she lay on the bustling street.
Following the assault, police were called and managed to disarm the knife-wielding vigilante.
Officers from Haifeng Police Station took Shuang to the hospital for treatment. She is currently in stable condition.
Mougguo was arrested and remains in police custody.
