Moment police grab pregnant woman by the hair and drag her along the floor

Viral footage has recorded the moment a pregnant woman is thrown to the floor by a police officer.

The video captures a tense exchange between several police officers and what appears to be a man and a heavily pregnant woman.

At the beginning of the clip, officers stand gathered in a corridor while a woman stands a short distance away with a man.

One officer approaches the woman and speaks to her.

Seconds later, another officer, carrying a baton and with a German Shepherd dog on a lead, walks directly towards the woman.

He then appears to grab her by the arm and pull her forwards before forcefully throwing her to the floor in the middle of the corridor.

A man, understood to know the woman, then rushes forward and tries to punch the officer with the dog.

The officer strikes back before several other officers quickly move in and a melee breaks out.

A later clip appears to show the woman looking dazed as two officers drag her along the floor further down the corridor while people nearby watch on.

At the same time, three other officers can be seen restraining the man on the ground as the confrontation continues around them.

It is understood the incident took place at a centre for asylum seekers in Zeist, a town near Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Some online reports claim that officers were responding to reports of vandalism and threats involving a knife at the centre.

During their enquiries, they came into contact with a 30-year-old Palestinian man who is reportedly facing deportation proceedings and had been subject to an entry ban.

It is reported that he is the man in the video who tried to punch the officer and that the pregnant woman was his wife.

The woman told local media outlets that the altercation took place after she spoke to police at the detention centre where her husband was being detained.

He was later arrested, according to reports.

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