Attacker grabs woman and shoves a bag of faeces down her pants

Surveillance video shows the 27-year-old victim on her cellphone on East 74th Street near First Avenue when the attacker approached her from behind, reports the New York Post.

Man shoves feces down woman's trousers

Wearing gloves, he grabbed the woman’s shorts at the waist and shoved the bag of excrement down the back.

After a brief struggle, he peeled off his latex gloves and tossed them into the street as he fled.

It was not clear whether the bag contained human waste or animal faeces.

The woman was talking on her cellphone at the time of the bizarre assault.

The man was wearing gloves, which he threw away moments after the attack.

He is around 40 years old, six feet tall, and weighs about 200 pounds, according to NBC.

This story first appeared in the New York Post.