Disturbing Footage Shows Man Grab Woman By Hair And Drag Her Into Public Bathroom To Rape Her

A woman bursts out of a bathroom stall at a bar, seemingly startling several men gathered at the sinks. A man follows, grabs her by the hair, and tries to drag her back in. She grabs onto another man outside the stall. Both are pulled to the ground as the first man forces her back into the stall and slams the door.

She tries again to run out and this time succeeds. Her shirt, which was ripped off during her first escape attempt, remains on the floor as she rushes toward the door, her arms flailing.

The graphic episode captured by closed circuit television camera Saturday at a bar in Zhengzhou, the capital of China's central Henan province, has sparked outrage on social media renewing anger over violence against women in a country where calls for gender equality are often suppressed by the ruling Communist Party.

A hashtag referencing the incident that read “A woman was dragged into a stall by a man in a bar bathroom” was viewed more than 380 million times Wednesday alone.

NBC News was unable to independently verify the footage, and multiple calls seeking comment from the bar, identified in local media as Max Club, went unanswered.

However, the Zhongmu county public security bureau said in a statement Wednesday that it had arrested a 27-year-old man with the last name of Li from the nearby city of Kaifeng in relation to the incident.