Thug attack swomen at Melbourne massage parlours

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A manhunt is underway after a man violently assaulted two women near Melbourne’s Chinatown.

The assaults occurred at separate massage parlours near Chinatown on Thursday, July 9.

The same man was later spotted at the Paramount Retail Centre, near the corner of Exhibition and Little Bourke streets.

Victoria Police said it had launched an investigation after being made aware of the incident on Tuesday.

"Police are aware of two assaults in the Melbourne CBD on 9 July," a police spokesperson said.

"Investigators have observed vision depicting an unknown man entering a Little Bourke Street business just after 4pm and assaulting a female staff member.

"The same man then entered a different business on the same street around 5pm and assaulted another female staff member."

Footage has been shared on social media in an attempt to identify the individual.

“A man violently assaulted female staff members at two different massage parlours in Melbourne, approximately 40 minutes apart. He punched the women in the head,” the post states.

“This is not a ‘walk-out’ or petty dispute - this is straight-up violent crime,” the social media post said.

“This behaviour is completely unacceptable. No one - especially women working in service roles - should ever have to fear being punched in the head at their place of work.”

The footage shows a man talking to a woman across a counter before walking around and repeatedly punching the woman.

He then appears to stomp on her before walking towards the door.

The second half of the video shows the same man entering a different massage parlour before punching a second woman.

The woman then flees through a side door, which the man then kicks.

The man was wearing a red hoodie underneath a black or navy blue jumper with "Australia" written on the front.

A photo from Paramount Retail Centre shows the same man wearing a red flat cap on top of his red hood and carrying a light blue backpack.