Woman uses baby as WEAPON to hit man after spitting and shouting at him during heated row

This shocking clip shows the moment a woman uses a young child as a weapon to hit another man in the middle of a busy street.

The short video shows crowds of people standing on a street, before a woman begins to spit at a passing man.

She is handed the tot by another woman stood close by and proceeds to swing the toddler towards the man she just spat at.

She then follows him down the street, with the child still in her arms, shouting abuse at the man before handing the baby back.

It's not clear where the clip was filmed but it was uploaded to LiveLeak yesterday and has racked up more than eight thousand views.