A video making online rounds captured the moment when a man suspected to be a police officer had been brutally assaulted by violent thugs.

In the video, the man was stoned and beaten with sticks and other deadly weapons by the thugs.

Reports have it that the cop is said to have murdered someone.

According to the Twitter user who posted the news on the microblogging platform, the incident took place in Orile Igamu, Lagos.

This is how it all started;

How it ended: