THIS is the shocking moment a knife-wielding thief attempts to snatch a baby during a bungled supermarket heist.

Terrified shoppers watched in horror as the shoplifter wrestled with the tot's mum with a knife in his hand after his failed burglary .

The thief tried to leave the supermarket without paying for several bags of weighed seafood items.

He was initially apprehended by a staffer, but later managed to break free at the store in Penang, Malaysia, the New Straits Times reported.

The robber, reportedly a 36-year-old Vietnamese national, was then seen in the jaw-dropping footage, trying to dodge several shoppers and workers in an attempt to run away .

He is first seen shrugging off the grip of two onlookers, before making a dash for the exit .

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